Claypotts Castle

Claypotts Castle is a late medieval castle in the suburban West Ferry area of , Scotland. It is one of the best-preserved examples of a 16th-century Z-plan tower house in .
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in Dundee City, Scotland, UK
  • Address: Claypotts Castle Gardens, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, DD5 3JY
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Broughty Ferry railway station and St Luke’s Church, Broughty Ferry.

Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station serving the suburb of in , . It is sited 3 miles 38 chains from the former Dundee East station, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, between and . is situated 1 mile southeast of Claypotts Castle.

Church
Photo: Douglas Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Luke's & Queen Street Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland in , on the edge of , . The church building was completed in 1884 to designs by Edinburgh architect Hippolyte Blanc, and is now protected as a category A listed building. is situated 2,800 feet southeast of Claypotts Castle.

Castle
Photo: TimVickers, Public domain.
is a historic castle on the banks of the in , , Scotland. It was completed around 1495, although the site was earlier fortified in 1454, when George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, received permission to build on the site. is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Claypotts Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Douglas and Broughty Ferry.

Suburb
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
and Angus is an area of Eastern , . It is located between to the North and to the East. In the eastern part of is the distinctive Michelin Tyre factory which was the first factory in the U.K. to produce tyres by using energy from wind power.

Suburb
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is a suburb in , Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the . The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee.

Quarter
Broughty Ferry is a suburb in , Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the . The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee.

Claypotts Castle

Latitude
56.47646° or 56° 28′ 35″ north
Longitude
-2.88995° or 2° 53′ 24″ west
Operator
Historic Scotland
Open location code
9C8VF4G6+H2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 158241720
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q1812387
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Claypotts Castle” goes by many names.

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Highlights include Whitton Park and Broughty Athletic F.C..

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