Gylen Castle

Gylen Castle is a ruined castle, or tower house, at the south end of the island of in , Scotland, on a promontory overlooking the Firth of Lorne. It was made a scheduled monument in 1931.
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Photo: Macsels, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Castle
  • …lies at an elevation of 59 feet (18 metres)
  • Description: castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sgeirean Dubha Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: Andy Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 3,800 feet east of Gylen Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oban and Ganavan.

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in on the northwest coast of Scotland.

Suburb
is a small settlement on Bay on the… is situated 5 miles northeast of Gylen Castle.

Gylen Castle

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Latitude
56.37935° or 56° 22′ 46″ north
Longitude
-5.55656° or 5° 33′ 24″ west
Open location code
9C8P9CHV+P9
Geo­Names ID
12547768
Wiki­data ID
Q1357566

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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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