Carnasserie Castle, Kilmartin

Name: Carnasserie Castle
Address: 2 miles north of Kilmartin of A816, Kilmartin, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 131 668 8831

#2 among attractions in Kilmartin

Top attraction, Vernacular architecture, Forts and castles

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Facts and practical information

Carnasserie Castle is a ruined 16th-century tower house, noted for its unusual plan and renaissance detailing. It is located around 2 kilometres north of Kilmartin, in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland, at grid reference NM837009. ()

Alternative names: Architectural style: RenaissanceCoordinates: 56°9'4"N, 5°28'50"W

Address

2 miles north of Kilmartin of A816Kilmartin United Kingdom

Contact

+44 131 668 8831

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Day trips

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

Nearby attractions include: Dunadd, Kilmartin Glen, Temple Wood, Ballymeanoch.

4.5 miS
Archaeological site
Dunadd, Kilmartin
116 min walk • Dunadd is a hillfort in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, dating from the Iron Age and early medieval period and is believed to be the capital of the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata.
1.2 miS
Archaeological site
Kilmartin Glen, Kilmartin
32 min walk • Kilmartin Glen is an area in Argyll north of Knapdale. It has the most important concentration of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains in mainland Scotland. The glen is located between Oban and Lochgilphead, surrounding the village of Kilmartin.
2 miS
Prehistoric site
Temple Wood, Kilmartin
52 min walk • Temple Wood is an ancient site located in Kilmartin Glen, near Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland. The site includes two circles. The southern circle contains a ring of 13 standing stones about 12 metres in diameter. In the past it may have had 22 stones.
2.8 miS
Archaeological site, Ruins
Ballymeanoch, Kilmartin
71 min walk • Ballymeanoch is a complex of neolithic structures located in Kilmartin Glen, Scotland. It includes an avenue of two rows of standing stones with 4 and 2 stones each, a stone circle, and a henge with a small burial cairn.
1.2 miS
Archaeological site, Cafe
Kilmartin Stones, Kilmartin
32 min walk • The Kilmartin Stones are a collection of 79 ancient graveslabs at Kilmartin parish church in the village of Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland, about 30 km due south of Oban.
1.1 miS
Vernacular architecture, Forts and castles
Kilmartin Castle, Kilmartin
28 min walk • Kilmartin Castle is a 16th-century Z-plan tower house castle at Kilmartin, Scotland. Built by the Rector of Kilmartin and later owned by Clan Campbell. It was restored and refurbished as a bed and breakfast in the 1990s.
4.2 miW
Forts and castles
Craignish Castle
108 min walk • Craignish Castle is located on the Craignish peninsula in Argyll, western Scotland. The present castle includes a 16th-century tower, the seat of the Campbell family of Craignish and Jura.
4.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Fincharn Castle
110 min walk • Fincharn Castle, also known as Fionchairn Castle and Glassery Castle, is a ruined castle near Ford on the southwest shore of Loch Awe, Scotland.
4.4 miSW
Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles
Duntrune Castle, Crinan, Argyll
112 min walk • Duntrune Castle is located on the north side of Loch Crinan and across from the village of Crinan in Argyll, Scotland. It is thought to be the oldest continuously occupied castle on mainland Scotland. The castle is a category B listed building.
6.5 miNW
Island
Shuna, Slate Islands
166 min walk • Shuna is one of the Slate Islands lying east of Luing on the west coast of Scotland.
2.7 miNW
Island
Eilean Mhic Chrion
70 min walk • Eilean Mhic Chrion is a tidal island sheltering Ardfern in Loch Craignish, Scotland. Eilean Mhic Chrion is one of 43 tidal islands that can be walked to from the mainland of Great Britain and one of 17 that can be walked to from the Scottish mainland.