Lochleven Castle

Lochleven Castle is a ruined castle on an island in , in the local authority area of . Possibly built around 1300, the castle was the site of military action during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: medieval castle, now ruined, in Loch Leven, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Loch Leven Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kinross House and Burleigh Castle.

Building
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is a late 17th-century country house overlooking , near in Kinross-shire, . is situated 3,700 feet west of Lochleven Castle.

Castle
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The remains of are located just outside the village of , 1.5 miles north of , in , . The castle dates from the 15th and 16th centuries, and now sits beside the A911 road, opposite a 19th-century steading, recently adapted into housing. is situated 2 miles north of Lochleven Castle.

Historic site
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
served the burgh of , , Scotland from 1860 to 1921 on the Kinross-shire Railway. is situated 1¼ miles west of Lochleven Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kinross and Milnathort.

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is a small town in , 13 miles south of Perth. With a population of 5650 in 2021, it stands on the shores of Loch Leven, with the scarp of the Lomond Hills looming to the east and a mysterious giant golf ball to the west.

Village
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, Scottish Gaelic: Muileann Choirthe, is a small town in the parish of Orwell in the county of Kinross-shire, Scotland and since 1996, the local council area of . is situated 2 miles northwest of Lochleven Castle.

Locality
is a parish in Kinross-shire, . It consists of a group of settlements running north to south: , Wester Balgedie, Easter Balgedie, , Kilmagadwood and . is situated 2½ miles east of Lochleven Castle.

Lochleven Castle

Latitude
56.20077° or 56° 12′ 3″ north
Longitude
-3.39173° or 3° 23′ 30″ west
Operator
Historic Scotland
Open location code
9C8R6J25+88
Open­Street­Map ID
way 60732901
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q514388
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Lochleven Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة بحيرة ليفين”
  • Chechen: “Лохливен гIала”
  • Chechen: “Лохливен гӀала”
  • Chinese: “列文湖城堡”
  • Dutch: “Lochleven Castle”
  • Finnish: “Loch Levenin linna”
  • French: “château de Loch Leven”
  • French: “Château de Loch Leven”
  • German: “Loch Leven Castle”
  • Indonesian: “Kastel Lochleven”
  • Italian: “castello di Loch Leven”
  • Italian: “Castello di Loch Leven”
  • Japanese: “リーヴン湖城”
  • Japanese: “リーブン湖城”
  • Japanese: “ロッチ・リーヴェン城”
  • Japanese: “ロッホ・リーヴェン城”
  • Japanese: “ロッホ・リーヴン城”
  • Kazakh: “Лохливен қамалы”
  • Kazakh: “Лохливен сарайы”
  • Marathi: “लॉक लेव्हेनची गढी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Loch Leven Castle”
  • Norwegian: “Loch Leven Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Lochleven”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Loch Leven”
  • Russian: “Замок Лохлевен”
  • Russian: “Лохливен”
  • Scots: “Loch Leven Castle”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Lochleven”
  • Swedish: “Loch Leven Castle”
  • Turkish: “Loch Leven Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Лохлевен”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Castle Island and Keep.

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