Airlie Castle

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Airlie Castle is a mansion house in the parish of Airlie, Angus, near the junction of the Isla and Melgund rivers, 9 kilometres west of Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland. A castle was built on the site in c. 1432 and was burnt out in 1640, with a mansion house built incorporating and on top of some of the ruins in c. 1792–93, and occupied today. The house and the stables are Category B listed buildings and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Built: XV centuryCoordinates: 56°39'22"N, 3°9'18"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum, Reekie Linn, Backwater Reservoir, Balintore Castle.

4.8 miS
Art museum, History museum, Museum
Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum, Meigle
122 min walk • The Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum is a permanent exhibition of 27 carved Pictish stones in the centre of the village of Meigle in eastern Scotland. It lies on the A94 road running from Coupar Angus to Forfar. The museum occupies the former parish school, built 1844.
2.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Reekie Linn, Alyth
65 min walk • Reekie Linn is a waterfall on the River Isla in Angus in Scotland. Located short 5 minute walk from the public car park north side of bridge of craigisla. Continue past fall to the turn to get a portrait view of the falls.
5.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Backwater Reservoir
143 min walk • Backwater Reservoir is a reservoir in north west Angus, Scotland. The reservoir's sole purpose is to provide drinking water, and as such, it supplies Angus, Dundee, and parts of Perth and Kinross.
4.2 miN
Forts and castles
Balintore Castle
108 min walk • Balintore Castle is a Victorian Category A listed building in Scotland. The castle occupies an elevated site in moorland above Balintore village, a few miles north of the Loch of Lintrathen, near Kirriemuir, Angus.
3.6 miSW
56°37'22"N • 3°13'46"W
Alyth Cycles, Alyth
93 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
4.7 miSE
Stela
Eassie Stone, Glamis
121 min walk • The Eassie Stone is a Class II Pictish stone of about the mid 8th century AD in the village of Eassie, Angus, Scotland. The stone was found in Eassie burn in the late 18th century and now resides in a purpose-built perspex building in the ruined Eassie church.
3.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Balfour Castle
81 min walk • Balfour Castle was a baronial mansion at Balfour Mains, near Kirkton of Kingoldrum, Angus, Scotland. The castle which was built in the 16th century is largely demolished except for a six-storey circular tower.
4.9 miS
56°35'6"N • 3°9'30"W
Kinloch Memorial Hall, Meigle
126 min walk • Memorial