Orchardton Castle

Orchardton Castle overlooks the Solway Coast. Built in the 1880s, this is a Grade B listed property formerly known as Orchardton House. Built around a Scottish Baronial-style mansion located in Auchencairn in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.

Photo: Ed Iglehart, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Castle
Description: house in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Orchardton House”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Orchardton Tower and Hestan Island.

Orchardton Tower

Castle

Photo: Oehoe, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Orchardton Tower is a ruined tower house in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located four miles south of Dalbeattie, and one mile south of Palnackie, in Buittle parish. Orchardton Tower is situated 1¼ miles north of Orchardton Castle.

Hestan Island

Island

Photo: Simon Brooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hestan Island is a small coastal island at the southern foot of the River Urr estuary in the Solway Firth, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. Hestan Island is situated 2½ miles southeast of Orchardton Castle.

Mote of Mark

Archaeological site

Photo: Ann Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Mote of Mark is a granite hill rising some 45 metres above the Rough Firth near the outlet of the Urr Water, near the village of Rockcliffe. It was the site of a vitrified fort during the Early Middle Ages, with about one third of an acre of the summit enclosed by a rampart of timber and stone. Mote of Mark is situated 2 miles east of Orchardton Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dundrennan and Dalbeattie.

Dundrennan

Village

Photo: Ed Iglehart, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dundrennan is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about 5 miles east of Kirkcudbright. Its population is around 230. Dundrennan is located in the civil parish of Rerrick in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire. Dundrennan is situated 5 miles southwest of Orchardton Castle.

Dalbeattie

Town

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Dalbeattie (, Scots: Dawbeattie, Scottish Gaelic: Dail Bheithe meaning 'haugh of the birch', or Dail Bhàite 'drowned haugh' is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Dalbeattie is situated 5 miles north of Orchardton Castle.

Orchardton Castle

Categories: house, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.85909° or 54° 51′ 33″ north

Longitude

-3.85422° or 3° 51′ 15″ west

Open location code

9C6RV45W+J8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 415657308

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

Q17792581

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In Other Languages

From German to Scottish Gaelic—“Orchardton Castle” goes by many names.

German: “Orchardton Castle”
Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Orchardton”

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