Macharioch Motte
Macharioch Motte is the remains of a motte-and-bailey castle situated in a field near the farm of Macharioch in Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: motte-and-bailey castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Macharioch,motte 800m W of”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sheep Island.
Sheep Island
Island
Photo: Johnny Durnan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sheep Island is a small uninhabited island situated off the southern tip of the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland. Sheep Island, along with Sanda Island and Glunimore Island, form a small group of islands approximately three kilometres south of Kintyre at grid reference NR733055. Sheep Island is situated 2½ miles south of Macharioch Motte.
Macharioch Motte
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.32612° or 55° 19′ 34″ northLongitude
-5.58447° or 5° 35′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C7P8CG8+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 6009729526OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q20712917
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In Other Languages
“Macharioch Motte” goes by many names.
- German: “Macharioch Motte”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Coivin’s Chapel & burial ground 270m W of Macharioch and Macharioch, dun site.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Macharioch Farm and Memorial to the 8th Duke of Argyll.
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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 “Macharioch Motte”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.