Tarbert Castle
Tarbert Castle is located on the southern shore of East Loch Tarbert, at Tarbert, Argyll, Scotland, at the north end of Kintyre. Tarbert Castle was a strategic royal stronghold during the Middle Ages and one of three castles at Tarbert.Photo: Rtomandl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Anchor Hotel and Seabed Restaurant and Tarbert Parish Church.
Anchor Hotel and Seabed Restaurant
Restaurant
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anchor Hotel and Seabed Restaurant is situated 890 feet west of Tarbert Castle.
Tarbert Parish Church
Church
Tarbert Parish Church is a Category B listed building in Tarbert, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute. Tarbert Parish Church is situated 1,700 feet west of Tarbert Castle.
Tarbert, Lady Ilene Road, War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: The Carlisle Kid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tarbert, Lady Ilene Road, War Memorial is situated 1,300 feet west of Tarbert Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarbert and Portavadie.
Tarbert
Photo: MSeses, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tarbert is a village in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland. An Tairbeart is a Gaelic term meaning "carry across", indicating an isthmus where small boats could be portaged from one body of water to another.
Portavadie
Village
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Portavadie is a village on the shores of Loch Fyne and the coast of the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland. Portavadie is also the site of a yard built for the construction of oil platforms, which has since been converted into a marina. Portavadie is situated 3½ miles east of Tarbert Castle.
Torinturk
Hamlet
Photo: Steven Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torinturk is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Torinturk is 5 miles from Tarbert. Torinturk comes from the Gaelic for the hill of the boar. This is where the last wild boar in Scotland was killed. Torinturk is situated 4½ miles southwest of Tarbert Castle.
Tarbert Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.86395° or 55° 51′ 50″ northLongitude
-5.4095° or 5° 24′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C7PVH7R+H6OpenStreetMap ID
way 243949451OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q1754745
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Tarbert Castle” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Թարբերտ ամրոց”
- Dutch: “Tarbert Castle”
- French: “château de Tarbert”
- French: “Château de Tarbert”
- German: “Tarbert Castle”
- Hebrew: “טירת טרברט”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tarbert slott”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Tarbert”
- Turkish: “Tarbert Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tarbert Castle Grounds and Tarbert Castle Community Woodland.
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