Balnagown Castle
Balnagown Castle is beside the village of Kildary in Easter Ross, part of the Highland area of Scotland. There has been a castle on the site since the 14th century, although the present building was remodelled in the 18th and 19th centuries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: country house near Kildary, Easter Ross, Highland, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Balnagowan” and “Balnagowan Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parish Church, Kilmuir Easter and Tarbat House.
Parish Church, Kilmuir Easter
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church, Kilmuir Easter is situated 1¼ miles south of Balnagown Castle.
Tarbat House
Residential building
Photo: sylvia duckworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tarbat House is a Category A listed building in the Highland council area of northern Scotland. A three-story stone mansion in the neoclassical style, it was built in 1787 by the Edinburgh architect James McLeran for John Mackenzie, Lord MacLeod. Tarbat House is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Balnagown Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barbaraville and Nigg.
Barbaraville
Village
Photo: William Grierson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barbaraville is a small settlement on the north shore of Nigg Bay in the Cromarty Firth in the Highland council area of Scotland, and hisotrically split between Ross-shire and a portion of Cromartyshire. Barbaraville is situated 2 miles south of Balnagown Castle.
Nigg
Village
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Nigg, is a village and parish in Easter Ross, administered by the Highland Council. It lies on the north shore of the entrance to the Cromarty Firth. The Cromarty Firth has long served as a deep-water harbour. Nigg is situated 3½ miles southeast of Balnagown Castle.
Tain
Photo: Postdlf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tain is a town in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 3570 in 2020. It's on the coast 40 miles north of Inverness on the A9 and the railway line to Thurso.
Balnagown Castle
- Category: country house
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From German to Welsh—“Balnagown Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Balnagown Castle”
- Japanese: “バルナガウン”
- Japanese: “バルナガウン城”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Balnagown”
- Welsh: “Castell Balnagown”
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