Plean Castle
Plean Tower, also known as Cock-a-bendy Castle, Mengie Castle, Menzies Castle and Plane Castle, is located around 1 mile from Plean, in Stirling, central Scotland.Photo: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: tower house in Stirling district, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cock-a-bendy Castle”, “Mengie Castle”, “Menzies Castle”, “Plane Castle”, and “Plean Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include William Simpson’s Home and Plean House.
William Simpson’s Home
Social service facility
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The William Simpson's Home is a care home in Plean, Scotland. It provides care for members of the armed services who have developed mental health or alcohol related problems. William Simpson’s Home is situated 3,900 feet west of Plean Castle.
Plean House
Ruins
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plean House is a ruins, which is situated 1¼ miles west of Plean Castle.
Bellsdyke Hospital
Hospital
Bellsdyke Hospital, also known as Stirling District Lunatic Asylum or Stirling District Asylum, is a former psychiatric hospital at Larbert, Falkirk council area, that was opened in June 1869 and largely closed in 1997. Bellsdyke Hospital is situated 2 miles southeast of Plean Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plean and Torwood.
Plean
Village
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plean is a village, in the Stirling council area of central Scotland, located on the main A9 road from Falkirk. At the 2001 census, Plean had a population of 1,740. Plean has some historic buildings, some council houses and an estate.
Torwood
Village
Photo: Leslie Barrie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Torwood is a small village located 2 miles north-northwest of Larbert, 4 miles north-west of Falkirk and 6 miles south-southeast of Stirling. Torwood lies within the Falkirk Council area of Scotland.
Cowie
Village
Photo: Kevin Rae, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowie is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. Historically part of Stirlingshire, it lies on the minor B9124 road approximately 4 miles southeast of Stirling and about 1 mile north of the A9 road. Cowie is situated 1½ miles northwest of Plean Castle.
Plean Castle
- Categories: Tower House, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.06171° or 56° 3′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.84863° or 3° 50′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C8R3562+MGOpenStreetMap ID
way 372533547OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=accommodationWikidata ID
Q11839490
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Plean Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Plean Castle”
- Portuguese: “Torre Plean”
- Turkish: “Plean Kalesi”
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