Cardoness Castle
Cardoness Castle is a well-preserved 15th-century tower house just south west of Gatehouse of Fleet, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Scotland.Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
9:30 AM—5:30 PM
January—March: closed
October—December: closed - Type: Castle
- Description: tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anwoth and Kirkandrews.
Anwoth
Village
Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anwoth is a settlement near the Solway Firth in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, southwest Scotland, within a parish of the same name in the Vale of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway.
Kirkandrews
Hamlet
Photo: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kirkandrews, sometimes written as Kirkanders in older documents, is a coastal hamlet about 9 kilometres west-southwest of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Kirkandrews is situated 4½ miles south of Cardoness Castle.
Twynholm
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twynholm is a village in Scotland. It is located 2+1⁄4 miles north-northwest of Kirkcudbright and 4+1⁄2 miles east of Gatehouse of Fleet on the main A75 trunk road. Twynholm is situated 4½ miles east of Cardoness Castle.
Cardoness Castle
- Categories: Tower House, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.87239° or 54° 52′ 21″ northLongitude
-4.19816° or 4° 11′ 53″ westOperator
Historic Environment ScotlandOpen location code
9C6QVRC2+XPOpenStreetMap ID
way 369106487OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2479330
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Portuguese—“Cardoness Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cardoness Castle”
- Finnish: “Cardonessin linna”
- German: “Cardoness Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Cardoness”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Boreland of Anwoth and Boreland of Anwoth Motte.
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