Penkill Castle
Penkill Castle is a 16th-century castle with later additions. It is around 1⁄2 mile south of Old Dailly, northeast of Girvan in south Ayrshire, Scotland.Photo: Alan Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Girvan Community Hospital.
Girvan Community Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Girvan Community Hospital is a health facility in Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran. Girvan Community Hospital is situated 2½ miles west of Penkill Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Girvan and Dailly.
Girvan
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Girvan is a seaside town in Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, with a population of 6300 in 2022. It has a long, sandy beach and expanded as a resort when the railway arrived in Victorian times.
Dailly
Village
Photo: paul c, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dailly is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located on the Water of Girvan, five miles south of Maybole, and three miles east of Old Dailly. Dailly is situated 3 miles northeast of Penkill Castle.
Barr
Village
Barr is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland, approximately 8 miles from the town of Girvan. There are various opinions as to the origins of the name. Barr is situated 4 miles southeast of Penkill Castle.
Penkill Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.24921° or 55° 14′ 57″ northLongitude
-4.78368° or 4° 47′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C7Q66X8+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1077041463OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q7163069
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Satellite Map
Discover Penkill Castle from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Danish to Turkish—“Penkill Castle” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Penkill Castle”
- German: “Penkill Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Penkill”
- Turkish: “Penkill Kalesi”
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Highlights include Park Wod and Berryknowes Plantation.
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