Fowlis Castle
Fowlis Castle is situated five miles northwest of Dundee, Scotland, in the hamlet of Fowlis. It is a tower house dating from the seventeenth century. It was held by the Maule family and then by the Mortimers before coming to the Gray family in 1337.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Douglas Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Parish Church, Liff and Backmuir Wood.
Old Parish Church, Liff
Church
Photo: Scott Cormie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Parish Church, Liff is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Fowlis Castle.
Backmuir Wood
Forest
Backmuir Wood is a 140.58 acres woodland in the Scottish county of Angus, about 4 kilometres northwest of Dundee. It is located south of the A923, between the villages of Muirhead and Liff.
Camperdown House
Historic building
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Camperdown House is a historic building, which is situated 2½ miles east of Fowlis Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Liff and Birkhill.
Liff
Village
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Liff is a town in Angus, Scotland, situated 4+1⁄2 miles west-northwest of Dundee on a south-facing slope two miles north of the River Tay. It had a population of 568 in 2011.
Birkhill
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birkhill and neighbouring Muirhead are two small villages in Angus, just to the west of Dundee, Scotland. Birkhill is situated 2 miles east of Fowlis Castle.
Longforgan
Village
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Longforgan is a town and parish in the Carse of Gowrie, in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies 5 miles west of Dundee on the main A90 road. Longforgan is situated 2 miles south of Fowlis Castle.
Fowlis Castle
- Type: Farmhouse
- Description: castle in Angus, Scotland, UK
- Categories: castle, building, historic site, and agriculture
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.48723° or 56° 29′ 14″ northLongitude
-3.10338° or 3° 6′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C8RFVPW+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 217834653OpenStreetMap feature
building=farmOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q16981278
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In Other Languages
From German to Portuguese—“Fowlis Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Fowlis Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Fowlis”
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Highlights include Fowlis Mill and Fowlis & Liff Parish Church.
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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 “Fowlis Castle”. Photo: Douglas Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.