Barholm Castle

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Barholm Castle is a tower house located 5 miles south-west of Gatehouse of Fleet, in Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway, Scotland. The tower dates back to the late 15th century, and it was a stronghold of a branch of the MacCulloch family. The present form of the castle dates from rebuilding in the 16th or 17th century, and in the early 2000s it was restored from a roofless state to residential use. The tower is sometimes identified with the fictional Ellangowan, in Sir Walter Scott's Guy Mannering. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 54°50'56"N, 4°18'18"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Cardoness Castle, Cairnholy, Carsluith Castle, Trusty's Hill.

4.5 miE
Historical place, Architecture, Forts and castles
Cardoness Castle, Gatehouse of Fleet
116 min walk • Cardoness Castle is a well-preserved 15th-century tower house just south west of Gatehouse of Fleet, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Scotland. It was originally owned by the MacCullochs of Myreton.
0.7 miN
Ruins, Archaeological site
Cairnholy, Creetown
19 min walk • Cairnholy is the site of two Neolithic chambered tombs of the Clyde type. It is located 4 kilometres east of the village of Carsluith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The tombs are scheduled monuments in the care of Historic Scotland. The name Cairnholy represents Gaelic *Càrn na h-ulaidhe ‘cairn of the stone tomb’.
1.8 miNW
Ruins, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Carsluith Castle, Wigtown Bay
46 min walk • Carsluith Castle is a ruined tower house, dating largely to the 16th century. It is located beside Wigtown Bay in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Galloway, Scotland, around 4.8 kilometres south east of Creetown.
4.6 miNE
Archaeological site
Trusty's Hill, Gatehouse of Fleet
118 min walk • Trusty's Hill is a small vitrified hillfort about a mile to the west of the present-day town of Gatehouse of Fleet, in the parish of Anwoth in the Stewartry district of Dumfries and Galloway.
5.4 miSW
Park, Vernacular architecture
Galloway House, Garlieston
138 min walk • Galloway House is a Category A listed country house in Sorbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
5.7 miSW
Historical place, Observation decks and towers, Ruins
Sorbie Tower, Garlieston
146 min walk • Sorbie Tower is a fortified tower house 1 mile east of the village of Sorbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The ancient seat of the Clan Hannay, it is in an L-shaped format, rubble-built in the late sixteenth century, possibly by Patrick Hannay.
~1230 ftW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Ravenshall Wood
6 min walk • Ravenshall Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, located 5 kilometres east of Creetown in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, in southwest Scotland. It is on the lower part of the Kirkdale Estate. It is rich in lichens. It is largely oak woodland.
3.4 miN
Memorial
Glenquicken stone circle
86 min walk • Glenquicken stone circle or Billy Diamond's Bridge stone circle is an oval stone circle with a central pillar, two miles east of Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway. The outer ring is formed of 29 stones. Aubrey Burl has called it "the finest of all centre-stone circles." It is a scheduled monument.