Torr a’Chaisteal

Torr a'Chaisteal is an Iron Age fort, located about 1 mile northeast of the village of Sliddery, on the Isle of Arran in Scotland.

Photo: rod collier, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: archaeological site in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Torr a’Chaisteal Dun” and “Torr a’Chaisteal,dun,Arran”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Torrylin Cairn.

Torrylin Cairn

Archaeological site

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Torrylin Cairn is the remains of a Neolithic chambered tomb. It is located near Kilmory on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. Torrylin Cairn is situated 2½ miles southeast of Torr a’Chaisteal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sliddery and Lagg.

Sliddery

Hamlet

Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sliddery is a tiny hamlet located on the Southwest coast of the Isle of Arran in Scotland. The village is situated near the Ross road between Lagg and Blackwaterfoot.

Lagg

Hamlet

Photo: Andy Beecroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lagg is a hamlet on southern coast of the Isle of Arran in Scotland made up of a few houses and a hotel. The hamlet is within the parish of Kilmory. Lagg is situated 2½ miles southeast of Torr a’Chaisteal.

Kilmory

Hamlet

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Kilmory is a small village on the south coast of the Isle of Arran, located on the coastal road between Lagg and Kildonan. Kilmory is also the parish of the western side of the Isle of Arran. Kilmory is situated 2½ miles east of Torr a’Chaisteal.

Torr a’Chaisteal

Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.45897° or 55° 27′ 32″ north

Longitude

-5.28847° or 5° 17′ 19″ west

Open location code

9C7PFP56+HJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1361425909

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q2057282

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In Other Languages

“Torr a’Chaisteal” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Torr a’Chaisteal Fort”

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