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Cawdor Castle

Cawdor Castle is a castle in the parish of in Nairnshire, Scotland. It is built around a 15th-century tower house, with substantial additions in later centuries.
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Photo: Lesbardd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: George Reid (Scottish artist), Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kilravock Castle and Cawdor.

Castle
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is located near the village of , between and , in the council area of , . It was begun around 1460 and has been the seat of the Clan Rose since that time. is situated 2 miles west of Cawdor Castle.

Archaeological site
, located near the small village of Easter Galcantray, was suspected of being one of the northernmost Roman forts in Great Britain, although no evidence of Roman occupation has been found to date. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Cawdor Castle.

Distillery
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is a Highland single malt Scotch whisky distillery on the , near in . is situated 1½ miles northeast of Cawdor Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cawdor and Culcharry.

Village
Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and parish in the council area, Scotland. The village is 5 miles south-southwest of and 12 miles east of . The village is in the Historic County of Nairnshire.

Village
is a small residential settlement, close to the village of Cawdor and the hamlet of Brackla, lying 4 miles southwest of , in Nairnshire, and is in the council area of Highland.

Hamlet
is a small hamlet 2 miles south-east from and 7 miles south-west of in , . It is in the council area of Highland. is situated 2 miles west of Cawdor Castle.

Cawdor Castle

Latitude
57.52417° or 57° 31′ 27″ north
Longitude
-3.92654° or 3° 55′ 36″ west
Elevation
312 feet (95 metres)
Open location code
9C9RG3FF+M9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 62452643
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2653469
Wiki­data ID
Q1051919
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Cawdor Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Cawdorko gaztelua”
  • Chinese: “考德城堡”
  • Danish: “Cawdor Castle”
  • Dutch: “Cawdor Castle”
  • French: “château de Cawdor”
  • French: “Château de Cawdor”
  • German: “Cawdor Castle”
  • German: “Schloss Cawdor”
  • Italian: “Castello di Cawdor”
  • Italian: “Cawdor Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Cawdor”
  • Portuguese: “Cawdor Castle”
  • Russian: “Замок Кавдор”
  • Russian: “Замок Кодор”
  • Serbian: “Cawdor Castle”
  • Serbian: “Замак Кадор”
  • Serbian: “Замак Кодор”
  • Serbian: “Кадор”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Cawdor”
  • Welsh: “Castell Cawdor”

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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 “Cawdor Castle”. Photo: Lesbardd, CC BY-SA 4.0.