Morton Castle
Morton Castle is located by an artificial loch in the hills above Nithsdale, in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies 2.5 miles north-east of Thornhill, and once formed part of a chain of castles along the strategically important Nith Valley, which runs from the Solway Firth north to the Clyde Valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Drumlanrig Castle and Wallace Hall.
Drumlanrig Castle
Castle
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Drumlanrig Castle is situated on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The category A listed castle is the Dumfriesshire home of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. Drumlanrig Castle is situated 2½ miles west of Morton Castle.
Wallace Hall
School
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Wallace Hall is a non-denominational, co-educational state comprehensive school located in Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. The school operates across a single modern campus and provides continuous education from early years through to secondary level, encompassing a nursery, primary school, and secondary school under unified leadership. Wallace Hall is situated 2½ miles south of Morton Castle.
Thornhill Market Cross
Monument
Photo: derek menzies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornhill Market Cross is a monument, which is situated 2½ miles south of Morton Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thornhill and Penpont.
Thornhill
Town
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornhill is a village in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road. Thornhill sits in the Nithsdale valley with the Carsphairn and Scaur range to the west and the Lowther hills to the east. Thornhill is situated 2½ miles south of Morton Castle.
Penpont
Village
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Penpont is a village about 2 miles west of Thornhill in Dumfriesshire, in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. It is near the confluence of the Shinnel Water and Scaur Water rivers in the foothills of the Southern Uplands. Penpont is situated 4 miles southwest of Morton Castle.
Closeburn
Village
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Closeburn is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village is on the A76 road 2+1⁄2 miles south of Thornhill. In the 2001 census, Closeburn had a population of 1,119. Closeburn is situated 4½ miles south of Morton Castle.
Morton Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.27447° or 55° 16′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.74754° or 3° 44′ 51″ westElevation
682 feet (208 metres)Open location code
9C7R77F2+QXOpenStreetMap ID
way 561845252OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
2642163Wikidata ID
Q2155463
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Morton Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Morton Castle”
- German: “Morton Castle”
- Japanese: “モートン城”
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