Saddell Castle
Saddell Castle is a historic 16th-century castle on the shore of the Kilbrannan Sound near Saddell, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The original castle existed in Somerled's time in the 12th century.Photo: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saddell Abbey and Saddell House.
Saddell Abbey
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saddell Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery located in western Scotland. The abbey was established in 1160 by Somerled, Lord of Kintyre, who was killed in 1164. Saddell Abbey is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Saddell Castle.
Saddell House
Guest house
Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saddell House is a guest house, which is situated 1 mile north of Saddell Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saddell.
Saddell
Hamlet
Photo: Hchc2009, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saddell is a small Scottish village situated on the east side of the Kintyre Peninsula of Argyll and Bute, overlooking the Kilbrannan Sound and the Isle of Arran, 8 miles from Campbeltown on the B842 road to Carradale.
Saddell Castle
- Type: Building
- Description: castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Category: castle
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Saddell Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Saddell gaztelua”
- Dutch: “Saddell Castle”
- French: “château de Saddell”
- French: “Château de Saddell”
- German: “Saddell Castle”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Σάντελ”
- Hebrew: “טירת סאדל”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Saddell”
- Turkish: “Saddell Kalesi”
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