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Crichton Castle

Crichton Castle is a ruined castle near the village of in , . It is situated at the head of the , 2 miles south of the village of , and the same distance east of .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Crichton Collegiate Church and Borthwick Castle.

Place of worship
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is situated about 0.6 miles south-west of the hamlet of in , . is situated 1,500 feet north of Crichton Castle.

Hotel
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is one of the largest and best-preserved surviving medieval fortifications. It is located twelve miles south-east of , to the east of the village of , on a site protected on three sides by a steep fall in the ground. is situated 1 mile southwest of Crichton Castle.

Park
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in is managed by . It consists of a woodland estate surrounding the Victorian . It is located around 12 miles from between and . is situated 1¼ miles north of Crichton Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crichton and Borthwick.

Village
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is a small village and civil parish in , Scotland, around 2 miles south of and the same distance east of . The second element of the name is clearly from the Old English word tūn 'farm, settlement'.

Village
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is a hamlet, parish and stream in , Scotland. The parish includes the 15th century , which is to the east of the village and the villages of and .

Hamlet
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is a small hamlet in , Scotland. Its name relates to the Dewar family who owned the nearby and Estate which is now in . is situated 2 miles north of Crichton Castle.

Crichton Castle

Latitude
55.83955° or 55° 50′ 22″ north
Longitude
-2.99138° or 2° 59′ 29″ west
Elevation
577 feet (176 metres)
Operator
Historic Environment Scotland
Open location code
9C7VR2Q5+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 243764607
Open­Street­Map feature
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historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
9884600
Wiki­data ID
Q2576658
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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 “Crichton Castle”. Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.