# Scheduled monuments in Argyll and Bute

A scheduled monument in Scotland is a nationally important archaeological site or monument which is given legal protection by being placed on a list (or "schedule") maintained by Historic Environment Scotland. The aim of scheduling is to preserve the country's most significant sites and monuments as far as possible in the form in which they have been inherited.
The process of scheduling is governed by the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, which aims "to make provision for the investigation, preservation and recording of matters of archaeological or historical interest". The term "scheduled monument" can apply to the whole range of archaeological sites which have been deliberately constructed by human activity but are not always visible above ground. They range from prehistoric standing stones and burial sites, through Roman remains and medieval structures such as castles and monasteries, to later structures such as industrial sites and buildings constructed for the World Wars. Some buildings or structures which were both scheduled and listed have had their listing designations removed to reduce the duplication.
As of 2017 there were 8,238 scheduled monuments in Scotland.

## Notable scheduled monuments in Argyll and Bute

| Name | Location | Description | Ref No |
| Tirefour Broch | Achnacroish | Ancient round house | SM246 |
| Oronsay Priory and cross | Oronsay | Ruined Augustinian priory | SM287 |
| Lachlan Castle | Garbhallt, Cowal peninsular | Ruined 15th-century castle | SM292 |
| Dunollie Castle | Kilmore And Kilbride, near Oban | Small ruined castle | SM293 |
| Gylen Castle | Kerrera | 16th-century tower house | SM294 |
| Cill Naoimh (Kilnave) Chapel and cross | Kilnave, Islay | Medieval chapel and Early Christian cross | SM2338 |
| Achadun Castle | Lismore | Ruined 13th-century castle of the bishops of Argyll | SM2411 |
| Castle Coeffin | Lismore | Ruined medieval castle | SM2433 |
| Carrick Castle | Lochgoilhead | 14th-century tower house | SM2495 |
| Texa chapel | Texa | Ruined chapel | SM2815 |
| Nave Island chapel | Nave Island | Ruined chapel and burial ground | SM2816 |
| Dunaverty Castle | Southend | Traces of Clan Macdonald castle | SM3041 |
| Ranachan Hill Fort | Campbeltown | Prehistoric domestic and defensive fort | SM3064 |
| Airds Castle | Carradale | Traces of medieval castle | SM3177 |
| Saddell Abbey | Saddell | Remains of a Cistercian abbey | SM3645 |
| Ballymeanoch | Kilmartin Glen | Group of standing stones | SM4301 |
| Dunivaig Castle | Kildalton | Ruined 12th-century castle | SM4747 |
| Aros Castle | Salen, Mull | Remains of 13th-century hall-house and bailey | SM5064 |
| Moy Castle | Torosay, Isle of Mull | 15th-century towerhouse | SM5139 |
| Kilnaughton chapel | Kildalton | Medieval chapel of Kilnaughton and carved stones | SM5266 |
| Fincharn Castle | Glassary | Remains of a medieval hall house | SM5276 |
| Kilmahew Castle | Cardross | Ruined 16th-century castle | SM5404 |
| Dunoon Castle | Dunoon | Traces of 13th-century castle | SM5450 |
| Riasg Buidhe | Colonsay | Remains of a 19th-century fishing settlement | SM5974 |
| Crinan Canal-Crinan to Cairnbaan | North Knapdale | Ship canal designed by John Rennie, opened 1809 | SM6500 |
| Crinan Canal-Cairnbaan to Ardrishaig | South Knapdale | Ship Canal designed by John Rennie, opened 1809 | SM6501 |
| Rothesay Castle | Rothesay, Bute | Remains of a castle, chapel and moat | SM12970 |
| Skipness Castle and Kilbrannan Chapel | Skipness | Remains of medieval Skipness Castle and Kilbrannan Chapel | SM13225 |
| Kildalton Church and High Cross | Kildalton | Medieval church and early Christian high cross | SM13236 |
| St Columba's Cave and Chapel | Knapdale | Natural cave and 13th century chapel | SM13367 |
| Castle Sween | Knapdale | 12th century ruined castle | SM90068 |
| Dunstaffnage Castle | Kilmore and Kilbride, near Oban | Partially ruined castle | SM90120 |
| Dunstaffnage Castle Chapel | Kilmore and Kilbride, near Oban | Roofless medieval chapel | SM90121 |
| Inch Kenneth Chapel | Inchkenneth | Remains of a 13th-century parish church | SM90168 |
| McLeans's Cross | Iona | 15th-century freestanding cross | SM90173 |
| Kilchurn Castle, Dalmally | Loch Awe | Substantial remains of a late medieval castle | SM90179 |
| Kilmory Knap Chapel | South Knapdale | Medieval chapel and carved stones | SM90185 |
| St Blane's Church and monastery | Kingarth, Bute | Site of the early monastery of St Blane | SM90264 |
| Iona Nunnery | Iona | Ruined Augustinian convent | SM90350 |