Drumlanrig Castle
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Drumlanrig”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Morton Castle.
Morton Castle
Castle
Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Morton Castle is situated 2½ miles east of Drumlanrig 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 3 miles southeast of Drumlanrig 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 3 miles south of Drumlanrig Castle.
Tynron
Hamlet
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Tynron is a village and civil parish located in Dumfries and Galloway, in south-west Scotland. It lies in a hollow along the Shinnel Water, approximately 2 miles from the village of Moniaive. Tynron is situated 5 miles southwest of Drumlanrig Castle.
Drumlanrig Castle
- Categories: country house, 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
55.27408° or 55° 16′ 27″ northLongitude
-3.80921° or 3° 48′ 33″ westElevation
564 feet (172 metres)Open location code
9C7R75FR+J8OpenStreetMap ID
way 175606745OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
2650932Wikidata ID
Q2184812
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Drumlanrig Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Drumlanrig gaztelua”
- Chinese: “德拉姆蘭里格城堡”
- Dutch: “Drumlanrig Castle”
- French: “château de Drumlanrig”
- French: “Château de Drumlanrig”
- German: “Drumlanrig Castle”
- Hebrew: “טירת דרמלנריג”
- Hungarian: “Druamlanrig kastély”
- Hungarian: “Drumlanrig kastély”
- Italian: “castello di Drumlanrig”
- Italian: “Castello di Drumlanrig”
- Japanese: “ドラムランリグ城”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Drumlanrig Castle”
- Norwegian: “Drumlanrig Castle”
- Polish: “Zamek Drumlanrig”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Drumlanrig”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Drumlanrig”
- Welsh: “Castell Drumlanrig”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Carronbridge and Durisdeermill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bicycle Museum and Plant Centre.
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