Craigdarroch

#7218 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Reportedly haunted

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Craigdarroch is a house near Moniaive, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was the seat of the Chief of the Dumfriesshire Fergussons for 600 years. Built by William Adam in 1729 over the old house dating from the earliest records. ()

Coordinates: 55°11'46"N, 3°58'45"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Craigdarroch – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tynron Doon, Lochinvar, Carsphairn and Scaur Hills, Grennan Hill.

5.2 miNE
Archaeological site
Tynron Doon
134 min walk • Tynron Doon is a multivallate Iron Age hill fort outside the village of Tynron in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was occupied on and off from the 1st millennium BC until the 16th century, when an L shaped tower house stood there.
6.2 miSW
Forts and castles
Lochinvar
158 min walk • Lochinvar is a loch in the civil parish of Dalry in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway Scotland. It is located in the Galloway Hills, around 3.5 miles north-east of St. John's Town of Dalry. The loch formerly had an island on which stood Lochinvar Castle, seat of the Gordon family.
2.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Carsphairn and Scaur Hills
53 min walk • The Carsphairn and Scaur Hills are the western and eastern hills respectively of a hill range in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Ordnance Survey maps don't have a general name for the hill area as a whole. Also, Ordnance Survey use "Scar" rather than the local spelling of "Scaur" - the word is pronounced as "Scar" however.
5.8 miNE
Archaeological site
Grennan Hill
149 min walk • Grennan Hill is the site of an Iron Age hill fort outside Penpont in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
5.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Skae
138 min walk • Loch Skae is a small, upland freshwater loch to the north of Blackcraig Hill, approximately 18 miles west of Dumfries, Scotland, 0.5 mi east of Loch Howie, and 1 mi south of the A702.
5.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Howie
138 min walk • Loch Howie is a small, narrow, upland freshwater loch on the north side of Blackcraig Hill, approximately 18 miles west of Dumfries, Scotland. The loch trends from south-west to north-east and is 0.75 mi long by approximately 0.25 mi at its widest point. It has an average depth of 16 ft and is 39 ft at its deepest.

Craigdarroch

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Craigdarroch – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Tynron Doon

Lochinvar

Carsphairn and Scaur Hills

Grennan Hill

Loch Skae

Loch Howie