Upper Kirkton

Largizean standing stones

Kingarth · 4.3 miles

Three large whinstone boulders standing in a line.

Skelmorlie Secret Bunker Museum

Meigle · 6.2 miles

This is the only restored Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post in the West of Scotland, operational during the Cold war until stand-down in September 1991. Open most Sundays from April to September.

Ardeer Beach

Stevenston · 12 miles

By local custom, the naturist section of the beach starts to the right of the Robert Burns mural (facing the painting) and extends in a southeasterly direction to the River Irvine.

Decoy Control Bunker (Gg3)

Greenock · 13 miles

A decoy bunker is situated on Whitelees Moor, about 280m NW of Whitelees Cottage. Constructed of brick and concrete it would have housed a small generator to power the decoy lighting. J Guy 2001; NMRS MS 810/11, Part 2, 97-8

Caisteal Abhail

Sannox · 14 miles

Stronghold of the ptarmigan

Easter Greenock Castle (site of)

Greenock · 15 miles

Though the lands were owned by the Crawfurds from the end of the 14th century, they do not appear to have stayed here until about the mid-16th century.