Castle Leod
Castle Leod is the seat of the Clan Mackenzie. It is a category A listed building, and the grounds are listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes of Scotland, the national listing of significant gardens.Photo: Colin Hepburn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Highland Museum of Childhood and Strathpeffer railway station.
Highland Museum of Childhood
Museum
Strathpeffer railway station was a railway station serving the town of Strathpeffer in the county of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. The first station was located some distance from the town, on the Dingwall and Skye Railway line, and was opened in 1870. Highland Museum of Childhood is situated 3,100 feet south of Castle Leod.
Strathpeffer railway station
Building
Strathpeffer railway station was a railway station serving the town of Strathpeffer in the county of Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. The first station was located some distance from the town, on the Dingwall and Skye Railway line, and was opened in 1870. Strathpeffer railway station is situated 3,100 feet south of Castle Leod.
Strathpeffer Pavilion
Event venue
Photo: jeff collins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Strathpeffer Spa Pavilion was commissioned by the Countess of Cromartie in the late 19th century, to serve as a social and entertainment centre for Strathpeffer's many visitors. Strathpeffer Pavilion is situated 4,100 feet south of Castle Leod.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Achterneed and Strathpeffer.
Achterneed
Hamlet
Photo: Brian MacLennan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Achterneed, also spelled Auchterneed, is a village in Highland, Scotland, lies within the environs of Castle Leod, seat of the Earl of Cromartie, two miles northeast of Strathpeffer.
Strathpeffer
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Strathpeffer is a village in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 1040 in 2020. It has sulphurous springs and grew up in the 19th century as a spa resort, served by a branch railway line.
Fodderty
Hamlet
Photo: John Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fodderty is a small hamlet, close to Dingwall, Ross-shire in the Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The small hamlet of Bottacks is located 1 mile to the west, and just to the east is Brae or Brea, formed in 1777 from the lands of Davochcarn, Davochmaluag and Davochpollo. Fodderty is situated 1½ miles east of Castle Leod.
Castle Leod
- Type: Castle
- Description: tower house in Achterneed, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: tower house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.59849° or 57° 35′ 55″ northLongitude
-4.53496° or 4° 32′ 6″ westElevation
161 feet (49 metres)Open location code
9C9QHFX8+92OpenStreetMap ID
way 190116370OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
2644615Wikidata ID
Q5050177
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Castle Leod” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Leod gaztelua”
- Czech: “Castle Leod”
- German: “Castle Leod”
- Japanese: “ラウド城”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Leod”
- Welsh: “Castle Leod”
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