Strone is a Village in the county of Argyll.

Strone postcode: PA23 8RS

Retail in Strone

There are great places to visit near Strone including some great woodlands, ruins, ancient sites, castles, historic monuments and gardens.

There are a number of woodlands near to Strone including Knapdale Forest.

Places near Strone feature a number of interesting ruins including Arichonan Ruins.

Ancient Sites to visit near Strone include Nether Largie South Cairn, Temple Wood, Ri Cruin Cairn, Nether Largie Stones, Dunadd Hillfort, Ballymeanoch Stones, and Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Carvings.

Places near Strone feature a number of interesting castles including Carnasserie Castle.

There are a several good historic monuments in the Strone area like Ballymeanoch Stones, and Achnabreck Prehistoric Rock Carvings.

Strone's best nearby gardens can be found at Arduaine Garden, and Crarae Gardens.

Strone History

There are some historic monuments around Strone:

• Cloch Lighthouse, coast battery 295m SSE of 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM12803
• Loch Thom-Overton, water cut Industrial: inland water SM3244
• Knockamillie Castle Secular: castle SM4617
• Creag Bhreac,cairn 100m ESE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM5398
• Ardhallow Battery and Defences 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM13683
• Ardnadam, settlement, chapel and enclosure 215m W of The Larches Ecclesiastical: chapel; Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM3235
• Dunloskin Wood, platforms and charcoal production area Industrial: iron and steel; Secular: platform SM3894
• Faslane, St Michael's Chapel Ecclesiastical: chapel SM7771
• Moorfoot Primary School, cup-marked stone 345m SSW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cupmarks or cup-and-ring marks and similar rock art SM12855
• Adam's Cave, chambered cairn, Ardnadam Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM6552
• Kirkbrae House, burial vault 65m ENE of Ecclesiastical: burial avile/vault SM12814
• Kempock Stone, Inverkip Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1651
• Dun Daraich, fort, Glen Finart, Cowal Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM9190
• Cloch Lighthouse, anti-submarine tethering points 15m N and 10m SW of 20th Century Military and Related: Anti-submarine boom-tethering point SM12802
• Glen Everton House, cairn 540m SSE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM12847
• Kilmun Collegiate Church, tower and burial ground Ecclesiastical: collegiate church SM5260
• Dunoon Castle Secular: castle SM5450
• Larkfield Battery, anti-aircraft battery 175m ESE of 1 Hilltop Road 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM12826