Affleck Castle

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Affleck Castle, also known as Auchenleck Castle, is a tall L-plan tower house dating from the 15th century, 1 mile west of Monikie Parish Church, Angus, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. It is not open to the public. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 56°32'18"N, 2°49'26"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Carnoustie Golf Links, Broughty Castle, Claypotts Castle, Mains Castle.

4.9 miSE
Championship course dating to 1850
Carnoustie Golf Links, Carnoustie
125 min walk • Carnoustie Golf Links is in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. Carnoustie has four courses – the historic Championship Course, the Burnside Course, the Buddon Links Course and a free-to-play short, five-hole course called The Nestie.
5.5 miS
Forts and castles, Specialty museum, Museum
Broughty Castle, Dundee
141 min walk • Broughty Castle is a historic castle on the banks of the river Tay in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. It was completed around 1495, although the site was earlier fortified in 1454 when George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus received permission to build on the site.
5 miSW
Forts and castles
Claypotts Castle, Dundee
127 min walk • Claypotts Castle is a late medieval castle in the suburban West Ferry area of Dundee, Scotland. It is one of the best-preserved examples of a 16th-century Z-plan tower house in Scotland.
6.3 miSW
Forts and castles
Mains Castle, Dundee
161 min walk • Mains Castle is a 16th-century castle in Dundee, Scotland. The castle consists of several buildings surrounding a courtyard, although several of the original western buildings no longer exist. The northern and eastern buildings are where the family would have lived, with the servants occupying the southern quarters.
6.3 miSW
Park
Trottick Mill Ponds, Dundee
162 min walk • Trottick Mill Ponds and Nature Reserve is a local nature reserve located in the Trottick area in Dundee, Scotland. The nature reserve connects with the Dighty Burn and is voluntarily operated by Countryside Rangers as well as the Scottish Wildlife Trust and owned by Dundee City Council.
5.3 miSW
Church
St Luke's Church, Dundee
135 min walk • St Luke's & Queen Street Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland in Broughty Ferry, on the edge of Dundee, Scotland.
3.4 miSE
Historical place, Architecture, Nature and wildlife
Barry Mill, Carnoustie
88 min walk • Barry Mill is a working Category A listed watermill in Barry, Angus in eastern Scotland. It is owned and operated by the National Trust for Scotland as an educational tourist attraction.
5.2 miSW
Forts and castles
Powrie Castle, Dundee
134 min walk • Powrie Castle is a ruined 16th-century castle located in the north of Dundee, Scotland. It was designated as a scheduled monument in 1971.
1.6 miE
Stela
Camus Cross
42 min walk • The Camus Cross, otherwise known as the Camuston or Camustane Cross, is an Early Medieval Scottish standing stone on the Panmure Estate near Carnoustie in Angus, Scotland.
2.4 miE
56°33'3"N • 2°45'58"W
Crombie Country Park, Forfar
61 min walk • Park
3.5 miSE
Museum
Barry Mill, Monifieth
91 min walk • Barry Mill is a working Category A listed watermill in Barry, Angus in eastern Scotland. It is owned and operated by the National Trust for Scotland as an educational tourist attraction.