Cranshaws Castle

#6297 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Cranshaws Castle or Cranshaws Tower is a privately owned 15th-century pele situated by the village of Cranshaws in Berwickshire, Scotland. The building is still in use as a residence, and is protected as a category A listed building. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 55°50'54"N, 2°30'34"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Whiteadder Reservoir, Dirrington Great Law, Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw.

2.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Whiteadder Reservoir
55 min walk • Whiteadder Reservoir is a reservoir in East Lothian, Scotland, UK, in the Lammermuir Hills, 11 miles north west of Duns in the Scottish Borders, and five miles south east of Garvald. It was created to provide additional water facilities for East Lothian. Work on the Dam forming the reservoir commenced in 1964.
4.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dirrington Great Law
112 min walk • Dirrington Great Law is a hill in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former county of Berwickshire. The summit is around 2.5 kilometres south of Longformacus and 9 kilometres west of Duns.
7.5 miNW
Monastery
Sancta Maria Abbey
191 min walk • Nunraw Abbey or Sancta Maria Abbey, Nunraw is a working Trappist monastery. It was the first Cistercian house to be founded in Scotland since the Scottish Reformation. Founded in 1946 by monks from Mount St.
6 miNW
Archaeological site
Nunraw
153 min walk • Nunraw is an estate in East Lothian, Scotland. It includes the White Castle, a hillfort, situated on the edge of the Lammermuir Hills, two miles south of the village of Garvald, Nunraw House was formerly used as the Guesthouse for retreatants at Sancta Maria Abbey the Cistercian monastery on the hillside nearby.
6.9 miSE
Forts and castles
Langton Castle
177 min walk • Langton Castle is a now destroyed medieval fortress at Langton, near the burgh of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland. Little remains of the structure.
4.1 miSW
Archaeological site
Mutiny Stones
104 min walk • The Mutiny Stones are a megalithic monument in the Lammermuir Hills, Scotland. Situated on Byrecleugh Rig, the nearest centre of habitation is at Longformacus, some four miles away.