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

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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″ north

Longitude

-4.19816° or 4° 11′ 53″ west

Operator

Historic Environment Scotland

Open location code

9C6QVRC2+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 369106487

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata 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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