Ballone Castle
Ballone Castle was built in the 16th century. It was unoccupied for a couple of centuries and fell into ruin. In the 1990s it was purchased and restored by an architect.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Highland, Scotland, UK
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tarbat Free Church Of Scotland Church, Portmahomack.
Tarbat Free Church Of Scotland Church, Portmahomack
Church
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tarbat Free Church Of Scotland Church, Portmahomack is situated 1 mile west of Ballone Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Portmahomack and Inver.
Portmahomack
Village
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portmahomack is a small fishing village in Easter Ross, Scotland. It is situated in the Tarbat Peninsula in the parish of Tarbat. Tarbat Ness Lighthouse is about three miles from the village at the end of the Tarbat Peninsula.
Inver
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inver is a small village located on the south east shore of the Inver Bay at the point where the bay opens out into the Dornoch Firth and is in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Inver is situated 4 miles west of Ballone Castle.
Hilton of Cadboll
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hilton of Cadboll, or simply Hilton, is a village about 15 km southeast of Tain in Easter Ross, in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is famous for the Hilton of Cadboll Stone. Hilton of Cadboll is situated 6 miles southwest of Ballone Castle.
Ballone Castle
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.83027° or 57° 49′ 49″ northLongitude
-3.80526° or 3° 48′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C9RR5JV+4VOpenStreetMap ID
way 180165788OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q20013922
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Ballone Castle” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castell de Ballone”
- German: “Ballone Castle”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Ballone”
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Highlights include Ballone Castle Airstrip and Old Burial Ground.
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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 “Ballone Castle”. Photo: Dg-505, CC BY 3.0.