Inverquharity Castle

Inverquharity Castle is a 15th-century tower house in Angus, Scotland. It lies around 4.5 kilometres north-east of Kirriemuir near the River South Esk.

Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Inverquharity and Cortachy Castle.

Inverquharity

Archaeological site

Inverquharity is a Roman fortlet in Scotland, close to the Highland Line about 5 miles north of Kirriemuir, Angus. Although very little archaeological work has taken place, it is assumed that Inverquharity forms part of the Roman occupation during the Flavian period; this would mean it was constructed sometime between 70 and 86 CE. Inverquharity is situated 1,900 feet west of Inverquharity Castle.

Cortachy Castle

Castle

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Cortachy Castle is a castellated mansion House at Cortachy, Angus, Scotland, some four miles north of Kirriemuir. Cortachy Castle is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Inverquharity Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Memus and Cortachy.

Memus

Village

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Memus is a small village in Angus, Scotland, north of Kirriemuir. It is home to the Drovers Pub. A story is told of a kelpie at Shielhill Bridge, leaving its cloven hoofprint behind on a stone as a petrosomatoglyph.

Cortachy

Village

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Cortachy is a village in Angus, Scotland. It lies in at the mouth of Glen Clova, on the River South Esk, four miles north of Kirriemuir. Nearby lies Cortachy Castle, seat of the Earls of Airlie.

Kirriemuir

Town

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Kirriemuir, sometimes called Kirrie or the Wee Red Toon, is a historic market town and burgh in Angus, Scotland. It is approximately 50 miles north of Edinburgh, 73 miles northeast of Glasgow, and 14 miles north of Dundee. Kirriemuir is situated 3 miles southwest of Inverquharity Castle.

Inverquharity Castle

Type: Castle
Description: 15th-century tower house in Angus, Scotland, UK
Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.70953° or 56° 42′ 34″ north

Longitude

-2.96325° or 2° 57′ 48″ west

Inception

1444

Open location code

9C8VP25P+RP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 591819918

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

Q6060317

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In Other Languages

From German to Turkish—“Inverquharity Castle” goes by many names.

German: “Inverquharity Castle”
Portuguese: “Castelo Inverquharity”
Turkish: “Inverquharity Kalesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Walled Garden and Memus and the Glens Community Hall.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Inverquharity Mill and Inverquharity Cottage.

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