Uttershill Castle
Uttershill Castle is a ruinous 16th-century tower house, about 0.5 miles south of Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland, south of the river North Esk, and west of the Black Burn. Alternative names are Utters Hill and Outtershill Castle.Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Penicuik Free Church, Peebles Road, Penicuik and Penicuik Town Hall.
Penicuik Free Church, Peebles Road, Penicuik
Church
Photo: Dawatters, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Penicuik Free Church, Peebles Road, Penicuik is situated 890 feet west of Uttershill Castle.
Penicuik Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penicuik Town Hall, formerly the Cowan Institute, is a municipal building in the High Street, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The structure, which was the meeting place of Penicuik Burgh Council, is a Category C listed building. Penicuik Town Hall is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Uttershill Castle.
St Mungo’s Church, High Street, Penicuik
Church
Photo: Dawatters, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Mungo’s Church, High Street, Penicuik is situated 1,800 feet north of Uttershill Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penicuik and Auchendinny.
Penicuik
Photo: YOGAN, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Penicuik is a town in The Lothians 10 miles south of Edinburgh. It's mostly commuterland for the city, with a population of 16,200 in 2016. It has an army base and is close to the scenic Pentland Hills.
Auchendinny
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchendinny is a small village in Glencorse near Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland. The village had a paper mill at Dalmore, until its closure in 2005. This was Midlothian's last remaining papermill and after demolition is now the site of new home development. Auchendinny is situated 2 miles northeast of Uttershill Castle.
Milton Bridge
Hamlet
Milton Bridge is a village in Midlothian, Scotland. It is located two miles north of Penicuik on the Glencorse Burn and gets its name from the bridge crossing. Milton Bridge is situated 2 miles north of Uttershill Castle.
Uttershill Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: tower house in Penicuik, Scotland
- Categories: Tower House, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.82209° or 55° 49′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.21698° or 3° 13′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C7RRQCM+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 54978541OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q40812708
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