Tirefour Castle, Isle of Lismore

Name: Tirefour Castle
Address: Isle of Lismore, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Isle of Lismore

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Tirefour Castle, is an Iron Age broch located 4 kilometres north of Achnacroish on the island of Lismore, Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 56°31'47"N, 5°28'8"W

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Isle of Lismore United Kingdom

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Tirefour Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Castle Stalker, Dunstaffnage Castle, Connel Bridge, Falls of Lora.

4.4 miNE
14th-century castle with limited tours
Castle Stalker, Appin
114 min walk • Castle Stalker is a four-storey tower house or keep. It is set on a tidal islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe. It is about 1+1⁄2 miles north-east of Port Appin, Argyll, Scotland, and is visible from the A828 road about midway between Oban and Glen Coe.
5.3 miS
13th-century fortress of the MacDougalls
Dunstaffnage Castle, Oban
136 min walk • Dunstaffnage Castle is a partially ruined castle in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. It lies 3 miles NNE of Oban, situated on a platform of conglomerate rock on a promontory at the south-west of the entrance to Loch Etive, and is surrounded on three sides by the sea.
5.9 miSE
Bridge
Connel Bridge
150 min walk • Connel Bridge is a cantilever bridge that spans Loch Etive at Connel in Scotland. The bridge takes the A828 road across the narrowest part of the loch, at the Falls of Lora. It is a category B listed structure.
5.9 miSE
Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
Falls of Lora, Oban
151 min walk • The Falls of Lora is a tidal race which forms at the mouth of Loch Etive when a particularly high tide runs out from the loch. They form white water rapids for two to five days either side of the spring tides.
0.5 miNW
Church
St Moluag's Cathedral, Isle of Lismore
14 min walk • St. Moluag's Cathedral is located on the Scottish island of Lismore just off the coast of Oban. As a congregation of the Church of Scotland, which is Presbyterian, the church is not technically a cathedral, in spite of its name.
1 miNW
Forts and castles, Reportedly haunted
Castle Coeffin
27 min walk • Castle Coeffin is a ruin on the island of Lismore, an island in Loch Linnhe, in Argyll, on the west coast of Scotland. It stands on a promontory on the north-west coast of the island, across Loch Linnhe from Glensanda, at grid reference NM853437.
4.5 miSW
Forts and castles
Achanduin Castle, Isle of Lismore
116 min walk • Achanduin Castle, is a castle, now in ruins, located about 5.0 kilometres west of Achnacroish on the north-western coastline of the island of Lismore, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The castle overlooks Loch Linnhe and Bernera Island. The ruins are thought to date back to the thirteenth century.
2.2 miE
Island
Eriska
56 min walk • Eriska is a flat tidal island at the entrance to Loch Creran on the west coast of Scotland. Privately owned by the Buchanan-Smiths from 1973 until August 2016, Eriska is now owned by Creation Gem, a family-owned business from Hong Kong.
4.9 miNE
Island
Shuna Island
126 min walk • Shuna Island or simply Shuna is an island in Loch Linnhe, offshore from Appin. The island is approximately two kilometres long and one kilometre wide and extends to some 155 ha in total.
7.3 miSW
Island
Eilean Musdile
188 min walk • Perched on a small island off the western coast of Scotland, Eilean Musdile is a picturesque lighthouse that has become a popular tourist destination for those seeking a unique and remote experience. The island itself is a stunning example of the rugged and wild beauty...