Caerlaverock Castle
Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, eleven kilometres south of Dumfries, on the edge of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: former castle archaeological site in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Carlaverock Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Isle Tower.
Isle Tower
Ruins
Photo: Simon Lidwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Isle Tower also known as Lochar Tower and Bankend Tower is a 16th-century ruined tower house located in the north of Bankend in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was a property of the Maxwell family. Isle Tower is situated 2 miles north of Caerlaverock Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bankend and New Abbey.
Bankend
Hamlet
Photo: James Yardley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bankend is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located near Lochar Water, the civil parish Caerlaverock and the villages of Blackshaw, Glencaple and Shearington. In 1961 it had a population of 79. Bankend is situated 2 miles north of Caerlaverock Castle.
New Abbey
Village
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Abbey is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is 6 miles south of Dumfries. The summit of the prominent hill Criffel is 2.5 miles to the south. New Abbey is situated 4 miles west of Caerlaverock Castle.
Ruthwell
Village
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Ruthwell is a village and parish on the Solway Firth between Dumfries and Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. In 2022 the combined population of Ruthwell and nearby Clarencefield was 400. Ruthwell is situated 4½ miles east of Caerlaverock Castle.
Caerlaverock Castle
- Categories: archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Panjabi—“Caerlaverock Castle” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կեռլավերոկի ամրոց”
- Basque: “Caerlaverock gaztelua”
- Danish: “Caerlaverock Castle”
- Dutch: “Caerlaverock Castle”
- Finnish: “Caerlaverockin linna”
- French: “château de Caerlaverock”
- French: “Château de Caerlaverock”
- French: “Rôle d’armes de Caerlaverock”
- German: “Caerlaverock Castle”
- German: “Caerlaverock”
- German: “Caerlaverrock Castle”
- German: “Cearlaverock Castle”
- Greek: “Κάστρο του Κερλάβεροκ”
- Italian: “castello di Caerlaverock”
- Italian: “Castello di Caerlaverock”
- Japanese: “カラヴァロック城”
- Persian: “قلعه کارلاوراک”
- Portuguese: “Castelo caerlaverock”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Caerlaverock”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Caerlaverock”
- Russian: “Замок Керлаверок”
- Scots: “Caerlaverock Castle”
- Spanish: “Castillo Caerlaverock”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Caerlaverock”
- Tamil: “கலாவெரொக் கோட்டைமனை”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Керлаверок”
- Urdu: “کیئرلیوروک قلعہ”
- Urdu: “کیئرلیوروک کیسل”
- Welsh: “Castell Caerlaverock”
- Western Panjabi: “کارلاوروک قلعہ”
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