The Castle Semple Collegiate Church was actually one of the first places I tried to visit in the area. It was a bit confusing to work out where it was at first as it's not particularly accessible by car. My first attempt was by car following directions on Google maps, but after driving around in …
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Castle Semple and Lochwinnoch
My last post about Kenmure Temple mentioned that on the way to visit that site I also visited the Castle Semple Collegiate Church (which will be discussed in the next post) and some other remains of Castle Semple. Although the name Castle Semple is a very familiar one to me, I had never actually considered …
Lochgilphead
In search of DalRiada, Summer 2020 I’ve always been fascinated with the kingdom of DalRiada. In primary school we used the book From Cavemen to Vikings by R.J. Unstead in our weekly history classes. This was my first visit to the site and it was one of the best days out I’ve had in a …
Dunadd (Dùn Ad)
In Search of DalRiada Summer, 2020 The stretch of the A816 between Lochgilphead and Carnasserie contains an amazing number of Neolithic and Dark Age sites. So many, that we will need to go back another time to visit the ones we missed and too many to include in a single blog post. Dunadd was our …