Barr Castle
Barr Castle is a late medieval tower house. It can be seen today as a ruin on a low ridge to the south of the village of Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland.Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lochwinnoch Parish Church and Lochwinnoch railway station.
Lochwinnoch Parish Church
Church
Photo: Alan Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochwinnoch Parish Church is situated 2,800 feet northeast of Barr Castle.
Lochwinnoch railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lochwinnoch railway station is a railway station serving the village of Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line. Lochwinnoch railway station is situated 1 mile east of Barr Castle.
Castle Semple Church
Ruins
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Semple Collegiate Church is located in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is situated near the eastern end of Castle Semple Loch, within Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, and 2 miles west of Howwood on the B787, then on to the B776. Castle Semple Church is situated 2 miles northeast of Barr Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lochwinnoch and Beith.
Lochwinnoch
Village
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lochwinnoch is a village in the council area and historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. Lying on the banks of Castle Semple Loch and the River Calder, Lochwinnoch is chiefly a residential dormitory village serving nearby urban centres such as Glasgow and Paisley.
Beith
Town
Photo: Chris Court, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beith is a town in the Garnock Valley, North Ayrshire, Scotland approximately 20 miles south-west of Glasgow. The town is situated on the crest of a hill and was known originally as the "Hill o' Beith" after its Court Hill. Beith is situated 2½ miles south of Barr Castle.
Kilbirnie
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilbirnie is the largest of a cluster of small towns in Ayrshire, at the head of the Garnock Valley 20 miles southwest of Glasgow.
Barr Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: late medieval tower house in Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.78833° or 55° 47′ 18″ northLongitude
-4.63813° or 4° 38′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C7QQ9Q6+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 99557837OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q4863107
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“Barr Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Barr Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Barr (East Ayrshire)”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Barr”
- Turkish: “Barr Kalesi”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Barrbank Wood and Lochbarr Services Leisure Centre.
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