Buchanan Castle
Buchanan Castle is a ruined castle in Stirlingshire, Scotland, located 1 mile west of the village of Drymen. The house was commissioned by the 4th Duke of Montrose and built in 1852–1858 as a home for the Montrose family, serving as such until 1925.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Kilmaronock Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buchanan Smithy and Drymen.
Buchanan Smithy
Hamlet
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Buchanan Smithy is a hamlet in Buchanan in the far west of Stirling, Scotland. The current settlement was mostly purpose-built in the 18th century for the estate workers of James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose, who lived at nearby Buchanan Castle.
Drymen
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Drymen is a village in Stirlingshire in the Central Belt of Scotland. It's within Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, four miles from the east shore of Loch Lomond, and this is the main reason to visit.
Milton of Buchanan
Village
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Milton of Buchanan is a small village in Stirling, Scotland, within the parish of Buchanan. Historically, the village was in the Registration County of Stirlingshire.
Buchanan Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: ruined country house in Scotland
- Categories: mansion, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.0654° or 56° 3′ 55″ northLongitude
-4.47233° or 4° 28′ 20″ westElevation
154 feet (47 metres)Open location code
9C8Q3G8H+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 443811615OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
2654427Wikidata ID
Q13581703
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In Other Languages
From German to Portuguese—“Buchanan Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Buchanan Castle”
- Japanese: “ブキャナン城”
- Portuguese: “Buchanan Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Buchanan”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Buchanan Castle Golf Club and Drymen Show Field.
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