Duntarvie Castle

#1530 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Forts and castles, Top attraction

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Duntarvie Castle is a ruined Scots Renaissance house in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located 1.5 kilometres north of Winchburgh and 9 kilometres east of Linlithgow, close to the M9 motorway. Constructed in the late 16th century, the building has been undergoing restoration since the 1990s. The house is protected as a category A listed building, and a scheduled monument. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 55°58'21"N, 3°27'32"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Forth Bridge, Forth Road Bridge, Blackness Castle, Deep Sea World.

3.3 miNE
Iconic suspension bridge for traffic
Forth Bridge, Edinburgh
85 min walk • Spanning the Firth of Forth, the Forth Bridge stands as a testament to Victorian engineering and is one of Scotland's major landmarks, located just outside of Edinburgh. This cantilever railway bridge, completed in 1890, is often hailed as an industrial marvel of its...
2.9 miNE
Landmark with sweeping, scenic views
Forth Road Bridge, Edinburgh
73 min walk • The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. The bridge opened in 1964 and at the time was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States.
3.2 miNW
Ship-shaped castle from the 1400s
Blackness Castle, Linlithgow
82 min walk • Blackness Castle is a 15th-century fortress, near the village of Blackness, Scotland, on the south shore of the Firth of Forth. It was built, probably on the site of an earlier fort, by Sir George Crichton in the 1440s.
3.6 miNE
Aquarium with underwater tunnel and sharks
Deep Sea World, North Queensferry
92 min walk • Deep Sea World is an aquarium located in the village of North Queensferry, in Fife, Scotland. It is host to a collection of large sand tiger sharks, also known as ragged toothed sharks or grey nurse sharks, and various other species of shark.
2.7 miNE
Monastery
Priory Church, Edinburgh
68 min walk • The Priory Church of St Mary of Mount Carmel, commonly called the Priory Church or St Mary's Episcopal Church, is a congregation of the Scottish Episcopal Church located in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, Scotland.
2.7 miNE
Bridge
Queensferry Crossing, Edinburgh
70 min walk • The Queensferry Crossing is a road bridge in Scotland. It was built alongside the existing Forth Road Bridge and carries the M90 motorway across the Firth of Forth between Edinburgh, at South Queensferry, and Fife, at North Queensferry.
2.7 miNW
Museum, Historical place, Forts and castles
House of the Binns, Linlithgow
69 min walk • The House of the Binns, or simply the Binns, is a historic house in West Lothian, Scotland, the seat of the Dalyell family. It dates from the early 17th century, and was the home of Tam Dalyell until his death in January 2017.
1.6 miN
17th-century mansion on a vast estate
Hopetoun House, South Queensferry
41 min walk • Hopetoun House is a country house near South Queensferry owned by the Hopetoun House Preservation Trust, a charity established in 1974 to preserve the house and grounds as a national monument, to protect and improve their amenities, and to preserve the furniture, paintings...
1.3 miS
Forts and castles
Niddry Castle
35 min walk • Niddry Castle is a sixteenth-century tower house near Winchburgh, West Lothian, Scotland. It is situated near the Union Canal, and between two large oil shale bings, or waste heaps.
1.7 miE
Historical place, Event space, Forts and castles
Dundas Castle, Edinburgh
44 min walk • Dundas Castle is a 15th-century castle, with substantial 19th-century additions by William Burn, in the Dalmeny parish of West Lothian, Scotland.
2.4 miNE
Town, Harbor
Port Edgar
62 min walk • Port Edgar is a marina on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, immediately west of the Forth Road Bridge and the town of South Queensferry, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally a naval base, HMS Lochinvar, Port Edgar is now a busy marina with a sailing school and 300 berths.

Duntarvie Castle

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