Alloa Tower
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: AllyD, Public domain.
- Opening hours: Friday—Monday noon—4:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: castle in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kilncraigs Mills and Alloa railway station.
Kilncraigs Mills
Public building
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilncraigs Mills is a public building, which is situated 420 feet northwest of Alloa Tower.
Alloa railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 2,000 feet north of Alloa Tower.
Speirs Centre, Primrose Street, Alloa
Library
Photo: AllyD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Speirs Centre, Primrose Street, Alloa is a library, which is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Alloa Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alloa and Sauchie.
Alloa
Town
Photo: Peter Gordon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alloa is a town in Clackmannanshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is on the north bank of the Forth at the spot where some say it ceases to be the River Forth and becomes the Firth of Forth.
Sauchie
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sauchie is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies north of the River Forth and south of the Ochil Hills, within the council area of Clackmannanshire.
South Alloa
Village
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Alloa is a small village which lies in the far north of the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The village is on the south bank of the River Forth where the river empties and widens to form the Firth of Forth.
Alloa Tower
- Categories: tower house, country house, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.11243° or 56° 6′ 45″ northLongitude
-3.78831° or 3° 47′ 18″ westOperator
National Trust for ScotlandOpen location code
9C8R4666+XMOpenStreetMap ID
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building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=tower_houseOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q4732984
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Alloa Tower” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Alloako dorretxea”
- Danish: “Alloa Tower”
- Dutch: “Alloa Tower”
- German: “Alloa Tower”
- Portuguese: “Torre de Alloa”
- Scots: “Allowae Castle”
- Spanish: “Torre de Alloa”
- Spanish: “Torre del castillo de alloa”
- Spanish: “Torre del castillo de Alloa”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alloa Tower”. Photo: AllyD, Public domain.