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Renfrewshire and Clyde: Kilallan to Gourock

A drive west from Houston to the Clyde coast. It starts at the ruined kirk and well at Kilallan, goes to Dumbarton Rock, tied to Merlin and Arthur, then to Cameron House on Loch Lomond, and ends at Gourock, where sailors and couples once walked seven times round the Granny Kempock Stone.

4 stops · about 37.9 km · allow roughly 2 hrs 15 min

  1. 1
    Folklore & legend
    St Fillan's Well and Chair at Kilallan

    St Fillan's Kirk, Seat and Well, Kilallan, near Houston

  2. 2
    Folklore & legend
    Merlin, Arthur and Hoel at Dumbarton Rock

    Dumbarton Rock (Alt Clut)

  3. 3
    Curses & omens
    The Frozen Loch and the Cameron House Death Omen

    Cameron House, Loch Lomond

  4. 4
    Folklore & legend
    Granny Kempock Stone

    Kempock Street, Gourock

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