Erchless Castle
Erchless Castle is an L-plan castle in northern Scotland, near Struy, Highland. The current building was built in about 1600. The castle is located at the northeast end of Strathglass at the point where the Erchless Burn enters the River Beauly, itself newly formed from the confluence of the rivers Glass and Farrar immediately to the south of the castle.Photo: Craig Wallace, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Email: info@erchless.co.uk
- Type: Guest house
- Description: castle in Highland, Scotland, UK
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Culligran Power Station.
Culligran Power Station
Power station
Photo: Peter Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Culligran Power Station is situated 2 miles west of Erchless Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Struy and Aigas.
Struy
Village
Photo: Jambamkin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Struy is a small village at the end of Glen Strathfarrar, about 15 km south-west of Beauly in the Highland council area of Scotland.
Aigas
Hamlet
Photo: sylvia duckworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aigas is a small hamlet in the Highland Council area of Scotland. It is 5 miles southwest of Beauly and 15 miles west of Inverness, on the north bank of the River Beauly. Crask of Aigas is nearby, to the northeast. Aigas is situated 3 miles east of Erchless Castle.
Kilmorack
Village
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilmorack is a small hamlet in Inverness-shire, in the Highlands of Scotland and now in the Highland Council area. It is situated on the north bank of the River Beauly, three miles west of Beauly and 15 miles west of the city of Inverness. Kilmorack is situated 5 miles northeast of Erchless Castle.
Erchless Castle
- Categories: Tower House, castle, building, tourism, historic site, and accommodation
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.42958° or 57° 25′ 47″ northLongitude
-4.64916° or 4° 38′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C9QC9H2+R8OpenStreetMap ID
way 254613618OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=guest_houseWikidata ID
Q5385208
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In Other Languages
From German to Persian—“Erchless Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Erchless Castle”
- Persian: “ارکلس (دژ)”
- Persian: “ارکلس”
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Highlights include Chisholm cemetery and Cnoc A‘ Chruaidh, dun.
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