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Ardvreck Castle

Ardvreck Castle is a castle, now ruinous, standing on a rocky promontory in , , Scotland, UK. The structure dates from about 1490 and is associated with the then landowners, the Macleods of Assynt.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in Highland, Scotland, UK, now ruinous
  • Also known as: “Ardbreck Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Calda House and Assynt Parish Church.

Historic building
Photo: david glass, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a historic building, which is situated 1,600 feet southeast of Ardvreck Castle.

Church
Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Ardvreck Castle.

Peak
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a mountain in the of Scotland. It lies in the Assynt area of , in the far north of the country. A steep and rugged mountain in its own right, Britain's highest waterfall, the , falls from its slopes. is situated 2 miles northeast of Ardvreck Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inchnadamph and North West Highlands Geopark.

Hamlet
Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet in Assynt, , . The name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Innis nan Damh meaning "meadow of the stags". Assynt is a remote area with a low population density.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a UNESCO Geopark in in the north-west . The 2,000 km2 Geopark has coastal cliffs, beaches, mountains caves and waterfalls and a variety of unique geological features.

Ardvreck Castle

Latitude
58.16641° or 58° 9′ 59″ north
Longitude
-4.99396° or 4° 59′ 38″ west
Elevation
226 feet (69 metres)
Open location code
9CCQ5284+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 382292292
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
2657201
Wiki­data ID
Q2552418
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Spanish—“Ardvreck Castle” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Advrek qalası”
  • Basque: “Ardvreck gaztelua”
  • Czech: “Ardvreck Castle”
  • Dutch: “Ardvreck Castle”
  • French: “château d’Ardvreck”
  • French: “Château d’Ardvreck”
  • German: “Ardvreck Castle”
  • Italian: “Castello di Ardvreck”
  • Persian: “آدورک (دژ)”
  • Persian: “آدورک”
  • Polish: “Ardvreck Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Ardvreck”
  • Russian: “Замок Ардврек”
  • Scots: “Ardvreck Castle”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Ardvreck”

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Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ardvreck Castle”. Photo: StaraBlazkova, CC BY-SA 3.0.