Plean Castle

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Plean Tower, also known as Cock-a-bendy Castle, Mengie Castle, Menzies Castle and Plane Castle, is located around 1 mile from Plean, in Stirling, central Scotland. It comprises a small oblong tower house probably dating from the 15th century, and an adjoining 16th-century manor house. ()

Coordinates: 56°3'42"N, 3°50'55"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Falkirk Wheel, Equestrian statue of Robert the Bruce, Brucefields Family Golf Centre, Dunmore Pineapple.

4.2 miS
Rotating boat lift connecting 2 canals
Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk
109 min walk • The Falkirk Wheel is a remarkable piece of modern engineering and a unique transportation phenomenon located in the city of Falkirk, Scotland. Opened in 2002, the Falkirk Wheel is the world's first and only rotating boat lift, serving as a connector between the Forth...
4 miNW
Monuments and statues
Equestrian statue of Robert the Bruce, Stirling
103 min walk • The equestrian statue of Robert the Bruce at the Bannockburn Visitor Centre, Bannockburn, Stirling, is a 1964 work by Pilkington Jackson.
3.1 miNW
56°5'2"N • 3°55'2"W
Brucefields Family Golf Centre, Bannockburn
78 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
2.6 miNE
Architecture, Historical place, Sculpture
Dunmore Pineapple, Falkirk
67 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".
4.2 miNE
Furnished 14th-century castle keep
Alloa Tower, Alloa
108 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.
3.1 miE
Spa, Hotel, Reportedly haunted
Airth Castle, Airth
80 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.
4.1 miNE
Church
St. Mungo's Parish Church, Alloa
105 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.
4.4 miE
Bridge
Clackmannanshire Bridge
112 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.
3.3 miNW
Military museum, History museum, Museum
Battle of Bannockburn, Bannockburn
85 min walk • The Battle of Bannockburn on 23 and 24 June 1314 was a victory of the army of King of Scots Robert the Bruce over the army of King Edward II of England in the First War of Scottish Independence.
4.3 miS
Canal
Millennium Link
109 min walk • The Millennium Link is one of the biggest engineering projects ever undertaken by British Waterways. The Union Canal and the Forth & Clyde Canal were originally joined by a flight of locks. The Millennium Link project replaced the locks with a boat lift, the Falkirk Wheel.
2.7 miSE
Town
Larbert
71 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.