Claypotts Castle, Dundee

Name: Claypotts Castle
Address: Claypotts Castle Gardens, Dundee, United Kingdom

#22 among attractions in Dundee

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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. Now surrounded by modern housing, the castle is maintained as an Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 56°28'35"N, 2°53'24"W

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Claypotts Castle GardensDundee United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Broughty Castle, St Luke's Church, Ballumbie, Forthill.

1.2 miSE
Forts and castles, Specialty museum, Museum
Broughty Castle, Dundee
31 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.
0.5 miSE
Church
St Luke's Church, Dundee
14 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.
1.2 miNW
City, Church
Ballumbie, Dundee
32 min walk • Ballumbie is a residential area on the north-east edge of Dundee, Scotland. The area was formerly an estate centred on Ballumbie Castle, a mid-16th-century fortification, which was followed by the 19th-century Ballumbie House.
0.6 miE
Sport venue, Sport
Forthill, Dundee
16 min walk • Forthill is a cricket ground in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland. It has been used for cricket since, at the latest, 1884, when Forfarshire played Aberdeenshire there. Scotland first used the ground in 1913 when they played Northamptonshire.
~1680 ftSW
56°28'28"N • 2°53'51"W
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