📌 Blackwaterfoot, Isle of Arran
★★★
The Doon is an impressive sight to the north of Drumadoon Point – a flat-topped fort next to Arran’s southwesternmost headland. Although the summit is overgrown with bracken in summer, there are excellent views in all directions if you can make it to the heathery high points, as well as a couple of old standing stones. Even more interesting is the walk underneath the west side, with imposing columnar basalt cliffs to gaze up at (while keeping an eye on the uneven path!), and a traverse of one of the island’s better beaches to reach it.
📷 Chronological photo guide
🌍 Location
📌 Start / finish at Shiskine Golf & Tennis Club, at minor road end, west side of Blackwaterfoot, Isle of Arran
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NR 892284
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.503962,-5.340129
🚌 Infrequent bus to Blackwaterfoot
🚗 Car park
📝 Key info
▶ 4 km / 2 mi | ▲ 70 m | ⌛ 1.5-2 hr
Features: 🏖️ Drumadoon Bay; 🌊 Drumadoon Point; △ The Doon (59 m)
⬤⬤ Easy to Moderate | Sandy beach then varied paths, with rough bouldery section on west side of The Doon. Paths on The Doon itself are faint & a little overgrown in summer.
Download file for GPS➡️ Clockwise circuit with extension onto The Doon: start – Drumadoon Bay – Drumadoon Point – encircle The Doon to west, north, then east – detour onto The Doon – return to main path – start
🥾 On our last visit
Wildlife: Shags, seagulls, oystercatchers. Some dead guillemots washed up on the beach (avian flu?). Fish in rock pools, froglets.
Weather: Sunny intervals with rain showers visible over Kintyre. Moderate wind, temperature in low teens.
July 2022
