Black Castle of Moulin
The Black Castle of Moulin, is a ruined castle located in Moulin near Pitlochry, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. The castle was built about 1326 by Sir John Campbell of Lochawe on an island, or crannog, in a loch, now drained.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: castle in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Caisteal Dubh”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pitlochry railway station and Pitlochry Church of Scotland.
Pitlochry railway station
Railway station
Pitlochry railway station is a railway station serving the town of Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is managed by ScotRail and is located on the Highland main line, 28 miles 21 chains from Perth, between Dunkeld & Birnam and Blair Atholl. Pitlochry railway station is situated 4,000 feet southwest of Black Castle of Moulin.
Pitlochry Church of Scotland
Church
Photo: ArchHist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pitlochry Church of Scotland is a congregation of the Church of Scotland, a Presbyterian Church. The church building is located in Church Road, Pitlochry, in Perthshire, Scotland. Pitlochry Church of Scotland is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Black Castle of Moulin.
Atholl Palace Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Robert Schediwy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Atholl Palace Hotel is a Category B listed building in Pitlochry, Scotland. Atholl Palace Hotel is situated 3,000 feet south of Black Castle of Moulin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moulin and Kinnaird.
Moulin
Village
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moulin is a village in Perthshire in central Scotland. It lies in the Tummel valley, 1 kilometre north of Pitlochry, and 40 kilometres north of Perth. The Black Castle of Moulin is the ruined remains of a 14th-century castle, built on a former island.
Kinnaird
Village
Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kinnaird is a village in Atholl, and the Perth and Kinross council area of Scotland. It lies on the Kinnaird Burn, one mile from Pitlochry on the A924 road.
Pitlochry
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pitlochry is a town in Perth and Kinross with a population in 2021 of 2950. It's 27 miles north of Perth in the valley of the River Tummel, long a major route between the Lowlands and the central Highlands.
Black Castle of Moulin
- Categories: castle and historic site
- Location: Perth and Kinross, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.70996° or 56° 42′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.7214° or 3° 43′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C8RP75H+XCOpenStreetMap ID
way 435795805OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q4920505
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In Other Languages
From German to Portuguese—“Black Castle of Moulin” goes by many names.
- German: “Black Castle of Moulin”
- Irish: “Caisteal Dubh Mhaothlinne”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Black”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include High School and Moulin Community Garden.
Nearby Places
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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 “Black Castle of Moulin”. Photo: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.