Craigneith Castle
Calderwood Castle was located in East Kilbride, Scotland. The historically recorded castle was situated on a precipice on the western bank of the Rotten Calder Water in Calderwood Glen, now part of Calderglen Country Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Calderwood Castle and Crossbasket.
Calderwood Castle
Archaeological site
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Calderwood Castle was located in East Kilbride, Scotland. The historically recorded castle was situated on a precipice on the western bank of the Rotten Calder Water in Calderwood Glen, now part of Calderglen Country Park. Calderwood Castle is situated 400 feet southwest of Craigneith Castle.
Crossbasket
Manor estate
Photo: Elliott Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crossbasket is a manor estate, which is situated 4,100 feet north of Craigneith Castle.
St Bride’s Church, East Kilbride
Church
Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Bride's Roman Catholic Church is located in East Kilbride in Scotland. It was designed by the architects Gillespie, Kidd and Coia and built between 1959 and 1964. St Bride’s Church, East Kilbride is situated 1½ miles southwest of Craigneith Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Leonards and Nerston.
St Leonards
Suburb
St Leonards is an area of the Scottish new town East Kilbride, in South Lanarkshire. St Leonards is a residential area on the east side of the town. The majority of the area's streets are named after Glens, Islands, Rivers and Lochs from Scotland, for instance: Loch Shin, Loch Assynt, Glen Carron, Glen Tanner, Inch Murrin, Benbecula and Skye.
Nerston
Village
Nerston is a village situated on the northern green-belt boundary of the new town of East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Nerston is situated 1½ miles northwest of Craigneith Castle.
East Mains
Suburb
East Mains is an area of the Scottish new town East Kilbride, in South Lanarkshire. It lies to the north of the town centre and the Village, between West Mains and Calderwood. East Mains is situated 1½ miles west of Craigneith Castle.
Craigneith Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: folly in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: folly, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.77254° or 55° 46′ 21″ northLongitude
-4.13284° or 4° 7′ 58″ westOpen location code
9C7QQVF8+2VOpenStreetMap ID
way 696401441OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q16890703
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Site of Calderwood Pavilion and Craigneith.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as wellhouse (folly) and Craigneith Crags.
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