Lauchentyre

Lauchentyre is a building in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Lauchentyre is situated nearby to the forest Whiteside Plantation, as well as near the peak Kenlum Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cardoness Castle and Rusco Tower.

Cardoness Castle

Castle

Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cardoness Castle is a well-preserved 15th-century tower house just south west of Gatehouse of Fleet, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Scotland. Cardoness Castle is situated 2½ miles southeast of Lauchentyre.

Rusco Tower

Building

Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rusco Tower, sometimes called Rusco Castle, is a tower house near Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Built around 1500 for Mariota Carson and her husband Robert Gordon, on lands given to them by her father, it was used to incarcerate a number of the Gordons' rivals in the 16th century. Rusco Tower is situated 2½ miles northeast of Lauchentyre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anwoth and Creetown.

Anwoth

Village

Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Anwoth is a settlement near the Solway Firth in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, southwest Scotland, within a parish of the same name in the Vale of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway. Anwoth is situated 1½ miles southeast of Lauchentyre.

Creetown

Town

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Creetown is a small seaside town in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in Galloway in the Dumfries and Galloway council area in south-west Scotland. Its population is about 750 people. Creetown is situated 5 miles west of Lauchentyre.

Lauchentyre

Type: Building
Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.89176° or 54° 53′ 30″ north

Longitude

-4.24997° or 4° 14′ 60″ west

Open location code

9C6QVQR2+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 961255726

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Whiteside Plantation and Kenlum Hill.

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