Barnbougle Castle
Barnbougle Castle is a historic tower house on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, between Cramond and Queensferry, and within the parish of Dalmeny.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Barnbougle Castle, Edinburgh” and “Edinburgh, Barnbougle Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dalmeny House and Inch Garvie.
Dalmeny House
Manor estate
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dalmeny House is a Gothic revival mansion located in an estate close to Dalmeny on the Firth of Forth, in the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was designed by William Wilkins, and completed in 1817. Dalmeny House is situated 1,600 feet south of Barnbougle Castle.
Inch Garvie
Islet
Photo: Kitkatcrazy, Public domain.
Inchgarvie or Inch Garvie is a small, uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth. On the rocks around the island sit four caissons that make up the foundations of the Forth Bridge. Inch Garvie is situated 2 miles west of Barnbougle Castle.
Cramond Tower
Castle
Photo: Mrabbits, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cramond Tower is a fifteenth-century tower house in the village of Cramond to the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland. Cramond Tower is situated 1½ miles southeast of Barnbougle Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dalmeny and Cramond.
Dalmeny
Village
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dalmeny is a village and civil parish in Scotland. It is located on the south side of the Firth of Forth, 1 mile southeast of South Queensferry and 8 miles west of Edinburgh city centre. Dalmeny is situated 1½ miles southwest of Barnbougle Castle.
Cramond
Suburb
Photo: Struan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cramond Village is a village and suburb in the north-west of Edinburgh, Scotland, at the mouth of the River Almond where it enters the Firth of Forth. The Cramond area has evidence of Mesolithic, Bronze Age and Roman activity. Cramond is situated 2 miles southeast of Barnbougle Castle.
South Queensferry
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
South Queensferry is a town on the south bank of the Firth of Forth in West Lothian, 10 miles west of Edinburgh. Historically it was the ferry port for crossing to Fife, then in modern times it acquired three bridges.
Barnbougle Castle
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.99246° or 55° 59′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.33435° or 3° 20′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C7RXMR8+X7OpenStreetMap ID
way 31404857OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q4861457
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Portuguese—“Barnbougle Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة بارنبوجل”
- Chinese: “巴恩博格城堡”
- Chinese: “巴恩布勒城堡”
- German: “Barnbougle Castle”
- Japanese: “バーンボーグル城”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Barnbougle”
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Highlights include Drum Sands and New England.
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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 “Barnbougle Castle”. Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.