Castlecraig

#2840 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Forts and castles

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Castlecraig, also known as Craig Castle and Castle Craig, is a 16th-century fortification located on the north shore of the Black Isle in northern Scotland. It is on the south coast of the Cromarty Firth, 5 kilometres north-east of Culbokie and 19 kilometres north of the city of Inverness. The castle is protected as a scheduled monument. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 57°38'36"N, 4°17'36"W

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Castlecraig – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Victoria Park, Dingwall Castle, Fyrish Monument, Foulis Castle.

5.7 miSW
Arenas and stadiums, Football, Sport
Victoria Park, Dingwall
145 min walk • Victoria Park, also known as the Global Energy Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is an all-seater football stadium in the town of Dingwall, Highland, Scotland. It is the home ground of Ross County, who currently play in the Scottish Premiership.
5.7 miSW
Forts and castles
Dingwall Castle, Dingwall
146 min walk • Dingwall Castle was a medieval fort and royal castle in the town of Dingwall, eastern Ross-shire, Scotland. The castle is believed to have been established by Norse settlers in the area in the 11th century.
4 miNW
Monuments and statues, Memorial
Fyrish Monument, Evanton
101 min walk • The Fyrish Monument is a monument built in 1782 on Fyrish Hill, in Fyrish in Evanton, near Alness, Easter Ross, Scotland, on the orders of Sir Hector Munro, 8th of Novar, a native lord of the area who had served in India as a general.
2.6 miW
Forts and castles
Foulis Castle
68 min walk • Foulis Castle is situated two miles south-west of Evanton in the parish of Kiltearn, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. It is a white washed mansion that incorporates an old tower house with gun loops.
3.3 miNW
Nature, Canyon, Natural attraction
Black Rock Gorge
83 min walk • Black Rock Gorge is a deep and narrow cleft in Old Red Sandstone conglomerate through which the Allt Graad flows in Easter Ross, Scotland.
6 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, Stela
Dingwall Stone, Dingwall
153 min walk • The Dingwall Stone is a Class I Pictish stone located in Dingwall, Easter Ross. It is thought by some to be of Bronze Age origin, and contains several cup and ring marks alleged to date from that period.
4.5 miNE
Stela
Clach a' Mheirlich
116 min walk • The Clach a' Mheirlich or Rosskeen Stone is a standing stone in a field near Rosskeen, Easter Ross, Scotland. The stone itself is Bronze Age in origin, but has on it three incised Pictish-style symbols barely visible on the surface of the stone, making it a Class I Pictish symbol stone.
2.8 miW
Bridge
Cromarty Bridge
72 min walk • The Cromarty Bridge is a road bridge over the Cromarty Firth in Scotland.
3.9 miNE
Museum
Alness Academy
101 min walk • Alness Academy is a secondary school in Alness, Highland in the north on the Cromarty Firth of Scotland, serving the town of Alness and the villages of Evanton and Ardross.
3.4 miN
Forts and castles
Teaninich Castle, Alness
86 min walk • Teaninich Castle is situated north of the village of Evanton and just south of the town of Alness in Ross and Cromarty, Scotland.
3.7 miNE
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Dalmore distillery, Alness
95 min walk • The Dalmore distillery is located in Alness, Scotland, which is 20 miles north of Inverness. It sits on the banks of the Cromarty Firth overlooking the Black Isle, the "big meadowland", from which it takes its name.