Castle Stalker, Appin

Name: Castle Stalker
Address: Appin, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Appin

Top attraction, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture

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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. The islet is accessible with difficulty from the shore at low tide. The name "Stalker" comes from the Gaelic Stalcaire, meaning "hunter" or "falconer". The island castle is one of the best preserved medieval tower houses to survive in western Scotland and is a Category A listed building. It stands in the Lynn of Lorn National Scenic Area, one of forty such areas in Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 56°34'20"N, 5°22'53"W

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Appin United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: St Moluag's Cathedral, Castle Coeffin, Tirefour Castle, Eriska.

4.6 miSW
Church
St Moluag's Cathedral, Isle of Lismore
117 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.
4.9 miSW
Forts and castles, Reportedly haunted
Castle Coeffin
126 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.
4.4 miSW
Archaeological site
Tirefour Castle, Isle of Lismore
114 min walk • Tirefour Castle, is an Iron Age broch located 4 kilometres north of Achnacroish on the island of Lismore, Scotland.
3 miS
Island
Eriska
78 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.
1.2 miNW
Island
Shuna Island
32 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.

Castle Stalker, Appin

Facts and practical information

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

St Moluag's Cathedral, Isle of Lismore

Castle Coeffin

Tirefour Castle, Isle of Lismore

Eriska

Shuna Island