Lochranza Castle

Lochranza Castle is an L-plan fortified tower house situated on a promontory in , on the northern part of the in Scotland. Most of the current structure was built in the 16th century.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lochranza distillery and Torr Meadhonach.

Distillery
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is a whisky distillery in , Scotland, on the . It primarily releases its whisky under the Arran name. In 1994 Arran Distillers Ltd. was founded by Harold Currie, former director of Chivas and a D-Day veteran, with the intention of building a distillery on Arran. is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Lochranza Castle.

Peak
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is a hill 332 metres high at the northernmost part of the in western , east of the village of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lochranza and Catacol.

Village
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The Isle of Arran is part of in southwest Scotland. It lies in the Firth of Clyde, the broad reach of sea southwest of Glasgow and enclosed by the Ayrshire coast to the east and the Kintyre peninsula to the west.

Village
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is a small village on the , in the council area of , Scotland.

Village
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Tarbert is a village in 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. is situated 5 miles northwest of Lochranza Castle.

Lochranza Castle

Latitude
55.70532° or 55° 42′ 19″ north
Longitude
-5.29109° or 5° 17′ 28″ west
Open location code
9C7PPP45+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 256784055
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q2340545
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Lochranza Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Lochranza gaztelua”
  • Dutch: “Lochranza Castle”
  • French: “château de Lochranza”
  • French: “Château de Lochranza”
  • German: “Lochranza Castle”
  • Italian: “castello di Lochranza”
  • Italian: “Castello di Lochranza”
  • Italian: “Lochranza Castle”
  • Japanese: “ロックランザ城”
  • Japanese: “ロホランザ城”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Lochranza”
  • Russian: “Замок Лохранза”
  • Russian: “Лохранза”
  • Turkish: “Lochranza Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Лохранза”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lochranza Post Office and Lochranza and Catacol Village Hall.

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