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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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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle and museum in Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Broughty Castle Museum”
  • Address: Castle Approach, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, DD5 2TF

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Broughty Ferry railway station and St Aidan’s Church, 408 Brook Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee.

Railway station
Photo: Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station serving the suburb of in , . It is sited 3 miles 38 chains from the former Dundee East station, on the Dundee to Aberdeen line, between and . is situated 1,900 feet northwest of Broughty Castle.

Church
Photo: Douglas Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1,200 feet north of Broughty Castle.

Castle
Photo: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a late medieval castle in the suburban West Ferry area of , Scotland. It is one of the best-preserved examples of a 16th-century Z-plan tower house in . is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Broughty Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Broughty Ferry and Tayport.

Suburb
Photo: Edmarinuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb in , Scotland. It is situated four miles east of the city centre on the north bank of the . The area was a separate burgh from 1864 until 1913, when it was incorporated into Dundee.

Town
Photo: Jim Bain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Ferry-Port-on-Craig, is a town in , Scotland. It lies on the opposite , a suburb of . The two were linked by a ferry service until 1939.

Quarter
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area in , located within the suburb of . It is approximately 4+1⁄2 miles east of Dundee City Centre. Until the late 19th century, was a separate .

Broughty Castle

Latitude
56.46284° or 56° 27′ 46″ north
Longitude
-2.86999° or 2° 52′ 12″ west
Operator
Dundee City Council;Historic Scotland
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 Portuguese—“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”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Broughty Castle Museum and Broughty Rock.

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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 “Broughty Castle”. Photo: TimVickers, Public domain.