Sauchie Tower

Sauchie Tower, also known as Devon Tower, is a 15th-century tower house in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The tower is located by the village of Fishcross, 1 kilometre north of Sauchie and 2.5 kilometres north of Alloa, close to the River Devon.

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Type: Tourist attraction
Description: tower house, later house, in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Deven Tower” and “Sauchie Tower, tower and house”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alva Academy and Alloa Tower.

Alva Academy

School

Alva Academy is a six-year comprehensive school serving the towns and villages of Alva, Menstrie, Tillicoultry, Coalsnaughton, Devonside, Dollar and Muckhart, all in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Alva Academy is situated 1 mile northwest of Sauchie Tower.

Alloa Tower

Museum

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Alloa Tower in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, in central Scotland, is an early 14th-century tower house that served as the medieval residence of the Erskine family, later Earls of Mar. Alloa Tower is situated 2 miles south of Sauchie Tower.

Alloa railway station

Railway station

Photo: Richard Sutcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alloa railway station is a railway station in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The station was first opened in 1850 and operated until 1968. The original station building from 1850 was replaced by a new structure in 1887, which was demolished following the closure and removal of the railway lines in 1968. Alloa railway station is situated 1½ miles south of Sauchie Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fishcross and Sauchie.

Fishcross

Village

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Fishcross is a small village in Clackmannanshire in central Scotland, situated to the north of Sauchie at a crossroads just south of Tillicoultry. Formerly a mining village, the population is 484 as at 2003.

Sauchie

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sauchie is a town in Clackmannanshire, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies north of the River Forth and south of the Ochil Hills, approximately 1 mile north-east of Alloa.

Alva

Town

Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Alva is a small town in Clackmannanshire, set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is one of a number of towns situated immediately to the south of the Ochil Hills, collectively referred to as the Hillfoots Villages or simply The Hillfoots.

Sauchie Tower

Categories: tower house, house, castle, building, tourism, and historic site
Location: Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

56.14125° or 56° 8′ 29″ north

Longitude

-3.77788° or 3° 46′ 40″ west

Open location code

9C8R46RC+GR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 670588128

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q7427021

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In Other Languages

From German to Portuguese—“Sauchie Tower” goes by many names.

German: “Sauchie Tower”
Portuguese: “Torre Sauchie”

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Highlights include Devon Iron Works and The Woods Caravan Park.

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