Castle Campbell
Castle Campbell is a medieval castle situated above the town of Dollar, Clackmannanshire, in central Scotland. It was the lowland seat of the earls and dukes of Argyll, chiefs of Clan Campbell, from the 15th to the 19th century, and was visited by Mary, Queen of Scots, in the 16th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: castle in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “The Castle of Gloom”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dollar Museum and Dollar Academy.
Dollar Museum
Museum
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dollar Museum is situated 850 feet west of Castle Campbell.
Dollar Academy
School
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Dollar Academy is a 5–18 private co-educational day and boarding school in Scotland. The open campus occupies a 70-acre site in the centre of Dollar, Clackmannanshire, at the foot of the Ochil Hills. Dollar Academy is situated 1,900 feet west of Castle Campbell.
Dollar Glen
Photo: Iain Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dollar Glen is a small glen owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It is located in the Ochils that dramatically mark the Highland fault. It is near the town of Dollar, Scotland in the county of Clackmannanshire. Dollar Glen is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Castle Campbell.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dollar and Blairingone.
Dollar
Photo: Alistair Young, CC BY 2.0.
Dollar is a village in Clackmannanshire in the Central Belt of Scotland, with a population of 2,800 in 2016. The scenic glen leading up to the castle is the reason to visit.
Blairingone
Village
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Blairingone is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies on the A977 road at its intersection with Vicar's Bridge Road near the extreme south-westerly point of the region, approximately 3 miles southeast of Dollar.
Forestmill
Hamlet
Forestmill is a small hamlet in the county of Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is situated on the A977 road between Kincardine and Kinross, about 3 miles from the Kincardine end. Forestmill is situated 3 miles south of Castle Campbell.
Castle Campbell
- Categories: castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Portuguese—“Castle Campbell” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Campbell gaztelua”
- Chinese: “坎貝爾城堡”
- Danish: “Castle Campbell”
- Dutch: “Castle Campbell”
- French: “château de Campbell”
- French: “Château de Campbell”
- German: “Castle Campbell”
- Italian: “Castello di Campbell”
- Japanese: “キャンベル城”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Campbell”
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