Broughty Castle

Broughty Castle is a historic castle on the banks of the in , , Scotland. It was completed around 1495, although the site was earlier fortified in 1454, when George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus, received permission to build on the site.
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TimVickers, Public domain.
  • Castle
  • …is also known as “Broughty Castle Museum”
  • Description: castle and museum in Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Address: Castle Approach, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, DD5 2TF
  • Operator: Dundee City Council and Historic Scotland

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Broughty Ferry railway station and Claypotts Castle.
Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station… is situated 1,900 feet northwest of Broughty Castle.
Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a late medieval castle in the suburban West Ferry area of , Scotland. is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Broughty Castle.
Douglas Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Luke's & Queen Street Church is a congregation… is situated 3,600 feet northwest of Broughty Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Broughty Ferry and Tayport.
Edmarinuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb in , Scotland.
Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Ferry-Port-on-Craig, is a town in , Scotland.
Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area in , located within the suburb of .

Broughty Castle

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Latitude
56.46284° or 56° 27′ 46″ north
Longitude
-2.86999° or 2° 52′ 12″ west
Open location code
9C8VF47J+42
Open­Street­Map ID
way 364820562
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q2278449

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Broughty Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة بروتي”
  • Basque: “Broughty gaztelua”
  • Chinese: “布勞蒂城堡”
  • Chinese: “布罗迪城堡”
  • Chinese: “布羅迪城堡”
  • Danish: “Broughty Castle”
  • Dutch: “Broughty Castle”
  • French: “château de Broughty”
  • French: “Château de Broughty”
  • German: “Broughty Castle”
  • Italian: “Broughty Castle”
  • Italian: “Castello di Broughty”
  • Japanese: “ブローティー城”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Broughty”
  • Turkish: “Broughty Kalesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Broughty Castle Museum and Broughty Rock.

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