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 Tarbert Parish Church and Avinagillan standing stone.
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.
Avinagillan standing stone
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Avinagillan standing stone is a prehistoric menhir on the Kintyre Peninsula of Scotland. The stone is near the hamlet of Avinagillan. Avinagillan standing stone is situated 2 miles southwest of Tarbert Castle.
Stonefield Castle
Hotel
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stonefield Castle is a Scottish baronial manor house near the village of Stonefield, north of Tarbert, Argyll & Bute, Scotland. It was built on the site of an earlier building, known as Barmore, and has been in use as a hotel since 1950. Stonefield Castle is situated 2 miles north 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 on the coast of the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, West of Scotland. The Portavadie complex was built in 1975 by the then Scottish Office for the purpose of constructing concrete platforms for extraction of oil from the North Sea. Portavadie is situated 3½ miles east of Tarbert Castle.
Polphail
Locality
Polphail was a ghost village, located at Portavadie in Argyll & Bute, Scotland. Originally built in the 1970s, it was never occupied and was demolished in 2016. Polphail is situated 4 miles east 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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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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