Carrick Castle
Carrick Castle is a 14th-century tower house on the west shore of Loch Goil on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is located between Cuilmuich and Carrick, 4 miles south of Lochgoilhead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Clach Bheinn and Tom Molach.
Clach Bheinn
Peak
Clach Bheinn is a hill in Scotland near Lochgoilhead in the Ardgoil Peninsula and is within the Arrochar Alps. The hill reaches a height of 441 m and has a prominence of 348 m. It is in the area known as Argyll's Bowling Green.
Tom Molach
Peak
Tom Molach is a peak within the Ardgoil Peninsula and Arrochar Alps near Lochgoilhead in Argyll, Scotland. The peak reaches a height of 370 metres. Tom Molach is situated 1½ miles northeast of Carrick Castle.
Cruach nam Miseag
Peak
Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cruach nam Miseag is a mountain near Lochgoilhead within the Arrochar Alps, Scotland. It reaches a height of 606 m. It is located at NS182981. Cruach nam Miseag is situated 2½ miles north of Carrick Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carrick Castle and Portincaple.
Carrick Castle
Village
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carrick Castle is a village on the western shore of Loch Goil, 4.3 miles south of Lochgoilhead in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is within both Argyll Forest Park and Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
Portincaple
Hamlet
Photo: Hamiltonstone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portincaple is a hamlet on the shores of Loch Long in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It was once a fishing village sending its catch to market via the old railway station at Whistlefield. Portincaple is situated 2½ miles east of Carrick Castle.
Whistlefield
Hamlet
Whistlefield is a hamlet on the east shore of Loch Eck on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland. It is home to the Category C listed building, the Whistlefield Inn, which was established around 1801–1804. Whistlefield is situated 3 miles east of Carrick Castle.
Carrick Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.10885° or 56° 6′ 32″ northLongitude
-4.90569° or 4° 54′ 21″ westOpen location code
9C8Q435V+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 173830514OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q32698
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Portuguese—“Carrick Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Carrick gaztelua”
- Danish: “Carrick Castle”
- Dutch: “Carrick Castle”
- French: “château de Carrick”
- French: “Château de Carrick”
- German: “Carrick Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Carrick”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cruach an Draghair and Corran Lochan.
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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 “Carrick Castle”. Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.