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Loudoun Castle

Loudoun Castle is a ruined country house nicknamed the " of Scotland" located near , in the Loudoun area of , . The majority of the building was constructed from 1804 to 1811 around existing structures dating to the 15th and 17th centuries.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Loudoun Castle and Barr Castle.

Theme park
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was a theme park set around the ruins of the 19th century near , in the Loudoun area of , Scotland. The park opened in 1995, and closed at the end of the 2010 season. The park's mascot was Rory the Lion. is situated 950 feet east of Loudoun Castle.

Castle
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Galston is a town in , , which has a population of 4,710 and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name. It is situated in wooded countryside four miles upriver from and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of and . is situated 1 mile south of Loudoun Castle.

Church
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is situated 1 mile south of Loudoun Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Galston and Newmilns.

Town
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is a town in , , which has a population of 4,710 and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name. It is situated in wooded countryside four miles upriver from and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of and .

Town
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is a village in the burgh of and Greenholm, in , . It has a population of 3,057 people and lies on the A71, around seven miles east of and twenty-five miles southwest of . is situated 2 miles east of Loudoun Castle.

Village
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is a hamlet in in . It is on the A719 road some 4 miles east of . In 2006 its population was reported as 118. It is represented in the "Galston West and Hurlford North" ward of East Ayrshire Council. is situated 2 miles northwest of Loudoun Castle.

Loudoun Castle

Latitude
55.61054° or 55° 36′ 38″ north
Longitude
-4.37267° or 4° 22′ 22″ west
Elevation
374 feet (114 metres)
Open location code
9C7QJJ6G+6W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 371627102
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
2643571
Wiki­data ID
Q1871345
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Loudoun Castle” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Loudoun Castle”
  • French: “Loudoun Castle”
  • German: “Loudoun Castle”
  • Italian: “castello di Loudoun”
  • Italian: “Castello di Loudoun”
  • Italian: “Loudoun Castle”
  • Japanese: “ラウドン城”
  • Swedish: “Loudoun Castle”
  • Welsh: “Castell Loudoun”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Loudoun Castle”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.