Elphinstone Tower

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Elphinstone Tower, also known as Dunmore Tower or Airth Tower, is a ruined tower house on the Dunmore Estate in central Scotland. It is located 1.5 kilometres north-west of Airth and 9 kilometres east of Stirling in the Falkirk council area. The 16th-century ruin is protected as a category C listed building. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 56°4'49"N, 3°47'5"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Kincardine Bridge, Dunmore Pineapple, Alloa Tower, Airth Castle.

2.4 miSE
Bridge
Kincardine Bridge
63 min walk • The Kincardine Bridge is a road bridge crossing the Firth of Forth from Falkirk council area to Kincardine, Fife, Scotland.
~1400 ftS
Architecture, Historical place, Sculpture
Dunmore Pineapple, Falkirk
7 min walk • The Dunmore Pineapple is a folly in Dunmore Park, near Airth in Stirlingshire, Scotland. It was ranked "as the most bizarre building in Scotland".
2.2 miN
Furnished 14th-century castle keep
Alloa Tower, Alloa
57 min walk • Alloa Tower in Alloa, Clackmannanshire in central Scotland is an early 14th century tower house that served as the medieval residence of the Erskine family, later Earls of Mar.
1.4 miSE
Spa, Hotel, Reportedly haunted
Airth Castle, Airth
37 min walk • Airth Castle is a castle overlooking the village of Airth and the River Forth, in the Falkirk area of Scotland. The castle is currently operating as a hotel and spa.
2.3 miN
Church
St. Mungo's Parish Church, Alloa
60 min walk • The church is named after Saint Mungo, patron saint and founder of the city of Glasgow. It belongs to the Church of Scotland Presbytery of Stirling and serves the parish of Alloa.
2 miE
Bridge
Clackmannanshire Bridge
51 min walk • The Clackmannanshire Bridge is a road bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland which opened to traffic on 19 November 2008. Prior to 1 October 2008 the bridge was referred to as the upper Forth crossing while the name was chosen.
2.6 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Fife Coastal Path
67 min walk • The Fife Coastal Path is a Scottish long distance footpath that runs from Kincardine to Newburgh along the coastline of Fife. The path was created in 2002, originally running from North Queensferry to Tayport.
4.2 miN
Forts and castles
Sauchie Tower
108 min walk • Sauchie Tower, also known as Devon Tower, is a 15th-century tower house in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. The tower is located by the village of Fishcross, 1 kilometre north of Sauchie and 2.5 kilometres north of Alloa, close to the River Devon.
2.8 miE
Forts and castles
Tulliallan Castle
72 min walk • Tulliallan Castle is a large house in Kincardine, Fife, Scotland. It is the second structure to have the name, and is a mixture of Gothic and Italian style architecture set amid some 90 acres of parkland just north of where the Kincardine Bridge spans the Firth of Forth.
4.1 miS
Town
Larbert
104 min walk • Larbert is a small town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town lies in the Forth Valley above the River Carron which flows from the west. Larbert is three miles from the shoreline of the Firth of Forth and 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of Falkirk, the main town in the area.
2.6 miE
Town
Kincardine
67 min walk • Kincardine or Kincardine-on-Forth is a small town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. The town was given the status of a burgh of barony in 1663. It was at one time a reasonably prosperous minor port.