Gylen Castle
Gylen Castle is a ruined castle, or tower house, at the south end of the island of Kerrera in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on a promontory overlooking the Firth of Lorne. It was made a scheduled monument in 1931.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Macsels, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sgeirean Dubha Lighthouse.
Sgeirean Dubha Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Andy Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sgeirean Dubha Lighthouse is situated 3,800 feet east of Gylen Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oban and Ganavan.
Oban
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oban is a town in Argyll and Bute on the northwest coast of Scotland. It's a transport hub and most visitors are passing through on the way to the Hebrides, only staying overnight if ferry / train schedules make that necessary; conversely, Hebrideans come here for shopping and other necessities.
Ganavan
Suburb
Ganavan is a small settlement on Ganavan Bay on the west coast of Scotland, around 1.5 miles north of the town of Oban. Ganavan is situated 5 miles northeast of Gylen Castle.
Gylen Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Categories: tower house, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Portuguese—“Gylen Castle” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Gylen Castle”
- Dutch: “Gylen Castle”
- French: “Gylen Castle”
- German: “Gylen Castle”
- Hebrew: “טירת גיילן”
- Italian: “castello di Gylen”
- Italian: “Castello di Gylen”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Gylen”
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