Clackmannan Tower
The Clackmannan Tower is a historic five-storey tower house situated at the summit of King's Seat Hill in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It dates back to at least the 14th century when it was inhabited by King David II of Scotland and later sold to his cousin Robert Bruce, 2nd Baron of Clackmannan in 1359.Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Clackmannan Stone and Alloa Tower.
Clackmannan Stone
Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Clackmannan Stone is a memorial, which is situated 1,500 feet east of Clackmannan Tower.
Alloa Tower
Museum
Photo: AllyD, Public domain.
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 1¼ miles west of Clackmannan Tower.
Kilncraigs Mills
Public building
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilncraigs Mills is a public building, which is situated 1¼ miles west of Clackmannan Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clackmannan and Kennet.
Clackmannan
Town
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Clackmannan is a small town and civil parish set in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated within the Forth Valley, Clackmannan is 1.8 miles south-east of Alloa and 3.2 miles south of Tillicoultry.
Kennet
Village
Kennet is a small former coal-mining village in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. It is located 1.5 kilometres south-east of Clackmannan, by the Kincardine railway line.
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.
Clackmannan Tower
- Type: Building
- Description: tower house in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK
- Category: Tower House
- Location: Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.10784° or 56° 6′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.75976° or 3° 45′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C8R465R+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 93311149OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q2307948
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Portuguese—“Clackmannan Tower” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Clackmannan dorretxea”
- Dutch: “Clackmannan Tower”
- French: “tour de Clackmannan”
- French: “Tour de Clackmannan”
- German: “Clackmannan Tower”
- Hungarian: “Clackmannan torony”
- Portuguese: “Torre de Clackmannan”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include King’s Seat Hill and Lodge Clackmannan 1303.
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