Discover The HIDDEN GEMS Of The Beautiful Isle Of Bute, Scotland

Sit back, relax and join me to discover some real hidden gems on the beautiful Isle of Bute, Scotland. This Bute circular walk starts out from Kilchatten Bay where we take the West Island Way which encompasses some of the finest walking on the Isle of Bute Scotland. Watch now to see what hidden gems we discover on this most beautiful of walks on Isle of Bute Scotland!

Isle of Bute
The Isle of Bute, known as Bute, is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault. Formerly a constituent island of the larger County of Bute, it is now part of the council area of Argyll and Bute.

West Island Way
The West Island Way is a waymarked long distance footpath on the Isle of Bute. The route opened in September 2000 as part of Bute's millennium celebrations, and was the first waymarked long distance route on a Scottish island. It encompasses some of the finest walking on the Isle of Bute. As of 2018 it was estimated that between six and seven thousand people were using the trail each year. The route is designated as one of Scotland's Great Trails by NatureScot.

Rubh’ An Eun Lighthouse
The Rubh’ An Eun Lighthouse also known as Glencallum Bay Lighthouse stands on a rocky outcropping on the north side of Glencallum Bay, at the south-eastern tip of Bute. Rubh’ An Eun meaning the point of the birds was built in 1911 by the famous Stevenson family of lighthouse engineers. It emits a red flash of light every 6 seconds.

St Blane's Chapel
St Blane’s Chapel has its roots in a monastery founded on the same site in the 6th century. The monastery itself was the home of St Blane and was possibly the forerunner to the better-known monastery of St Columba on Iona. An enclosure wall surrounds the monastic site, inside of which stands a 12th century chapel with a romanesque chancel arch. St Blane’s was the parish church of Kingarth for many centuries. The structures on this site belong to two eras: that early Christian monastery, abandoned during Viking raids around AD 790, and later a parish church, built in the 1100s and in use until the Protestant Reformation of 1560

Dunagoil Vitrified Fort
Dunagoil is a vitrified fort or dun on the Isle of Bute – an Iron Age hill fort whose ramparts have been melted by intense heat. It stands on a volcanic headland and gives its name to the bay that it overlooks. Like other places, such as Donegal, its name is from the Gaelic dún na gall – fort of the foreigners.

Blackpark Stone Circle
Where seven standing stones once stood, only three remain today and now form part of the Blackpark Plantation on the Isle of Bute. It's not clear what the original formation of the Kingarth Standing Stones were, but what remains today is yet another prehistoric connection to the rich history of the island.

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Chapters
📖 00:00 Isle of Bute Scotland Introduction
📖 01:12 West Island Way
📖 03:25 Glencallum Bay Lighthouse (Rubh’ An Eun), Bute
📖 04:47 Glencallum Bay
📖 07:50 Isle of Bute Southern Tip
📖 08:29 Loch na Leighe
📖 10:08 Discover Bute Poetry
📖 10:43 The Plan
📖 13:13 St Blane's Chapel
📖 19:29 Dunagoil Vitrified Fort
📖 23:31 Cows Staring At Me
📖 24:11 Blackpark Stone Circle
📖 25:47 Kilchatten Bay

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