Sorbie Tower, Garlieston

Name: Sorbie Tower
Address: Garlieston, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Garlieston

Top attraction, Historical place, Observation decks and towers, Ruins, More...

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Sorbie Tower is a fortified tower house 1 mile east of the village of Sorbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 54°47'38"N, 4°24'41"W

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Garlieston United Kingdom

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Sorbie Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cairnholy, Carsluith Castle, Galloway House, Cruggleton Castle.

6.1 miNE
Ruins, Archaeological site
Cairnholy, Creetown
155 min walk • Cairnholy is the site of two Neolithic chambered tombs of the Clyde type. It is located 4 kilometres east of the village of Carsluith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The tombs are scheduled monuments in the care of Historic Scotland. The name Cairnholy represents Gaelic *Càrn na h-ulaidhe ‘cairn of the stone tomb’.
5.2 miNE
Ruins, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Carsluith Castle, Wigtown Bay
133 min walk • Carsluith Castle is a ruined tower house, dating largely to the 16th century. It is located beside Wigtown Bay in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Galloway, Scotland, around 4.8 kilometres south east of Creetown.
2 miSE
Park, Vernacular architecture
Galloway House, Garlieston
52 min walk • Galloway House is a Category A listed country house in Sorbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
3.3 miSE
Forts and castles
Cruggleton Castle, Garlieston
85 min walk • Cruggleton Castle is a multi-period archaeological site on the coast of the Machars, in the historical county of Wigtownshire in south-west Scotland.
5.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Ravenshall Wood
141 min walk • Ravenshall Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, located 5 kilometres east of Creetown in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, in southwest Scotland. It is on the lower part of the Kirkdale Estate. It is rich in lichens. It is largely oak woodland.
3 miSW
54°45'41"N • 4°27'45"W
Swallow Theatre, Whithorn
78 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
5.7 miNE
Forts and castles
Barholm Castle
146 min walk • Barholm Castle is a tower house located 5 miles south-west of Gatehouse of Fleet, in Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland. The tower dates back to the late 15th century, and it was a stronghold of a branch of the MacCulloch family.
4.4 miNW
Forts and castles
Baldoon Castle
112 min walk • Baldoon Castle was a 16th-century castle about 1.5 miles south west of Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of the river Bladnoch.
4.6 miS
Archaeological site
Rispain Camp
117 min walk • Rispain Camp is the remains of a fortified farmstead 1 mile west of Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is one of the major Iron Age archaeological sites in Scotland. The property is in the care of Historic Environment Scotland. Access is through a farm off the A746 South of Whithorn.