Carsluith Castle, Wigtown Bay

Name: Carsluith Castle
Address: A75 Carsluith, Wigtown Bay, DG8 7DY, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1671 820476

#1 among attractions in Wigtown Bay

Top attraction, Ruins, Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture

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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. ()

Alternative names: Built: XV centuryCoordinates: 54°51'34"N, 4°20'48"W

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A75 CarsluithWigtown Bay DG8 7DY United Kingdom

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+44 1671 820476

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

Nearby attractions include: Cairnholy, Galloway House, Sorbie Tower, Ravenshall Wood.

1.5 miE
Ruins, Archaeological site
Cairnholy, Creetown
38 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’.
5.6 miS
Park, Vernacular architecture
Galloway House, Garlieston
143 min walk • Galloway House is a Category A listed country house in Sorbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
5.2 miSW
Historical place, Observation decks and towers, Ruins
Sorbie Tower, Garlieston
133 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.
1.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Ravenshall Wood
42 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.
1.8 miSE
Forts and castles
Barholm Castle
46 min walk • 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.
4.3 miW
Forts and castles
Baldoon Castle
110 min walk • Baldoon Castle was a 16th-century castle about 1.5 miles south west of Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of the river Bladnoch.
2.7 miN
Memorial
Glenquicken stone circle
69 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.