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    1. Carrick Castle and Loch Eck loop from Ardentinny

    40.9km

    03:40

    830m

    830m

    Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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    November 23, 2022

    14th Century tower house probably built by the Campbell family. It was used as a hunting lodge by James IV and Mary, Queen of Scots, visited in 1563. It's undergoing renovation at the moment.

      September 14, 2025

      Carrick Castle is a 14th-century tower house on the west shore of Loch Goil on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. The castle was probably built by the Campbells in the last decades of the fourteenth century, at a point of time when the family was dominant in the area. It was used as a hunting lodge by James IV. Mary, Queen of Scots visited in 1563.

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        Location: Lochgoil, Scotland, United Kingdom

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