Castle Varrich
Castle Varrich is a castle in the far north of the Scottish Highlands, near the village of Tongue. The castle is on a local high point of rock, overlooking both the Kyle of Tongue and the village of Tongue.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Andrew’s Church, Tongue.
St Andrew’s Church, Tongue
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Andrew’s Church, Tongue is situated 3,500 feet east of Castle Varrich.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tongue and Braetongue.
Tongue
Village
Photo: Florian Fuchs, CC BY 3.0.
Tongue is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal on the A836.
Braetongue
Hamlet
Braetongue is an area in northern Sutherland just north of the town of Tongue. Runrig mentions the "hills about Brae Tongue" in the song The Summer Walkers.
Coldbackie
Village
Photo: Dorcas Sinclair, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coldbackie is a crofting township in Sutherland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Scotland. Coldbackie is situated 3 miles northeast of Castle Varrich.
Castle Varrich
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.47572° or 58° 28′ 33″ northLongitude
-4.43546° or 4° 26′ 8″ westElevation
230 feet (70 metres)Open location code
9CCQFHG7+7ROpenStreetMap ID
way 387216817OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
2654045Wikidata ID
Q3662944
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Castle Varrich” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Castle Varrich”
- German: “Castle Varrich”
- Irish: “Caisteal Bharraich”
- Italian: “castello di Varrich”
- Italian: “Castello di Varrich”
- Japanese: “ヴァリッヒ城”
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