Kirnan is a historic shooting lodge set amidst some of the most beautiful countryside in West Scotland.
The house, owned by the Appleyard family, has three luxurious rental cottages offering guests great comfort with roaring log fires and lovely furnishings, alongside the freedom to wander around this fascinating six hundred and thirty acre estate with salmon and trout fishing, bird watching, wonderful walking, cycling, golf, riding and sailing close by.
The larger cottage, Chapel, is perfect for families or groups of friends, the two smaller cottages, Heron and Torrnaleich, ideal for couples.
The Campbells laid out a stunning formal twenty-six acre garden and then in 1897 a world-renowned botanist, Robert Heber Macaulay, an Eton and Cambridge-educated scholar, set about restoring the ancient gardens. With a team of six full time gardeners he created a garden full of rhododendrons and rare plants which was considered the second finest in the west of Scotland, second only to Poolewe.
Much of this garden is visible today, and is in the process of being restored to its full glory.
The house stands in one of the most fascinating and undiscovered parts of Scotland. Remote and wild, yet only just over two hours from the centre of Glasgow.
The Kilmartin Glen and Kilmichael Glassary, in which the house stands, together hold the highest concentration of Neolithic monuments in the world, and there is a current application for Kilmartin Glen to have World Heritage Status. Ancient castles, burial chambers, ruined forts, standing stones and the unique rock carvings and cup and ring marks define this area as the most significant in Scotland.
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