Down Craig Fort
Down Craig Fort is an archaeological site in North Ayrshire, Scotland. Down Craig Fort is situated nearby to the peak Horse Hill, as well as near the deciduous forest Ballihewan Wood.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Largs railway station and Cathedral of The Isles.
Largs railway station
Railway station
Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Largs railway station is a railway station in the town of Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is owned by Network Rail. It is on the Ayrshire Coast Line, 43 miles south west of Glasgow Central. Largs railway station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Down Craig Fort.
Cathedral of The Isles
Church
Photo: John McLeish, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Cathedral of the Isles and Collegiate Church of the Holy Spirit is a Category A listed cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the town of Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae. Cathedral of The Isles is situated 2 miles southwest of Down Craig Fort.
Kelburn Castle
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kelburn Castle is a large house near Fairlie, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is the seat of the Earl of Glasgow. Originally built in the thirteenth century it was remodelled in the sixteenth century. Kelburn Castle is situated 2½ miles east of Down Craig Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Largs and Millport.
Largs
Largs is a seaside resort on the Clyde coast of Ayrshire, with a population of 10,900 in 2022. It’s where Viking power in Scotland was broken, at the Battle of Largs in 1263, and the Vikingar Exhibition is the town’s main attraction.
Millport
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of Ayrshire, with Millport as its only settlement, and a population of 1376 in 2011. The island is about 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide, roughly tooth-shaped, with a broad bay indenting its south coast.
Kilchattan Bay
Village
Photo: Andrew Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilchattan Bay is a village on the Isle of Bute, Scotland. It lies on the island's southern end, along the coast road at the foot of a steep hill called the Suidhe Chattan which shields the village from the prevailing westerly wind. Kilchattan Bay is situated 5 miles southwest of Down Craig Fort.
Down Craig Fort
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.78083° or 55° 46′ 51″ northLongitude
-4.90029° or 4° 54′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C7QQ3JX+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 7913444061OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Horse Hill and Ballihewan Wood.
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