Lochranza Castle is an L-plan fortified tower house situated on a promontory in Lochranza, on the northern part of the Isle of Arran in Scotland. Most of the current structure was built in the 16th century.

Lochranza distillery

Distillery

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Lochranza distillery is a whisky distillery in Lochranza, Scotland, on the Isle of Arran. It primarily releases its whisky under the Arran name. In 1994 Arran Distillers Ltd. was founded by Harold Currie, former director of Chivas and a D-Day veteran, with the intention of building a distillery on Arran.

Torr Meadhonach

Peak

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Torr Meadhonach is a hill 332 metres high at the northernmost part of the Isle of Arran in western Scotland, east of the village of Lochranza.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lochranza and Catacol.

Lochranza

Village

Photo: Markarianuk, Public domain.

The Isle of Arran is part of Ayrshire in southwest Scotland. It lies in the Firth of Clyde, the broad reach of sea southwest of Glasgow and enclosed by the Ayrshire coast to the east and the Kintyre peninsula to the west.

Catacol

Village

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Catacol is a small village on the Isle of Arran, in the council area of North Ayrshire, Scotland.

Skipness

Village

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Tarbert is a village in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland. An Tairbeart is a Gaelic term meaning "carry across", indicating an isthmus where small boats could be portaged from one body of water to another.

Loch Ranza

Type: Bay
Description: inlet on Arran, North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Categories: inlet, estuary, and body of water
Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.70853° or 55° 42′ 31″ north

Longitude

-5.29464° or 5° 17′ 41″ west

Open location code

9C7PPP54+C4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1274020185

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=bay

GeoNames ID

2639635

Wikidata ID

Q1867258

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Loch Ranza” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Loch Ranza”
Cebuano: “Loch Ranza”
German: “Loch Ranza”
Slovenian: “Loch Ranza”
Swedish: “Loch Ranza”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lochranza Post Office and Lochranza and Catacol Village Hall.

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