Dunmore Pineapple, Falkirk

Name: Dunmore Pineapple
Address: 1/2 mile northwest of Airth, Falkirk, FK1 5DT, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1383 880359

#5 among attractions in Falkirk

Architecture, Historical place, Sculpture

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The Dunmore Pineapple is a folly in Dunmore Park, near Airth in Stirlingshire, Scotland. It was ranked "as the most bizarre building in Scotland". ()

Alternative names: Architectural style: NeoclassicismCoordinates: 56°4'36"N, 3°47'12"W

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1/2 mile northwest of AirthFalkirk FK1 5DT United Kingdom

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+44 1383 880359

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Dunmore Pineapple – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Kelpies, Kincardine Bridge, Alloa Tower, Airth Castle.

4.1 miS
Sculpture, Monuments and statues
The Kelpies, Falkirk
106 min walk • The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures depicting kelpies, located between Falkirk and Grangemouth, standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland.
2.4 miE
Bridge
Kincardine Bridge
62 min walk • The Kincardine Bridge is a road bridge crossing the Firth of Forth from Falkirk council area to Kincardine, Fife, Scotland.
2.5 miN
Furnished 14th-century castle keep
Alloa Tower, Alloa
63 min walk • Alloa Tower in Alloa, Clackmannanshire in central Scotland is an early 14th century tower house that served as the medieval residence of the Erskine family, later Earls of Mar.
1.3 miSE
Spa, Hotel, Reportedly haunted
Airth Castle, Airth
32 min walk • Airth Castle is a castle overlooking the village of Airth and the River Forth, in the Falkirk area of Scotland. The castle is currently operating as a hotel and spa.
2.6 miN
Church
St. Mungo's Parish Church, Alloa
66 min walk • The church is named after Saint Mungo, patron saint and founder of the city of Glasgow. It belongs to the Church of Scotland Presbytery of Stirling and serves the parish of Alloa.
2 miE
Bridge
Clackmannanshire Bridge
51 min walk • The Clackmannanshire Bridge is a road bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland which opened to traffic on 19 November 2008. Prior to 1 October 2008 the bridge was referred to as the upper Forth crossing while the name was chosen.
2.6 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Fife Coastal Path
66 min walk • The Fife Coastal Path is a Scottish long distance footpath that runs from Kincardine to Newburgh along the coastline of Fife. The path was created in 2002, originally running from North Queensferry to Tayport.
2.9 miE
Forts and castles
Tulliallan Castle
73 min walk • Tulliallan Castle is a large house in Kincardine, Fife, Scotland. It is the second structure to have the name, and is a mixture of Gothic and Italian style architecture set amid some 90 acres of parkland just north of where the Kincardine Bridge spans the Firth of Forth.
3.8 miS
Town
Larbert
97 min walk • Larbert is a small town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland. The town lies in the Forth Valley above the River Carron which flows from the west. Larbert is three miles from the shoreline of the Firth of Forth and 2+1⁄2 miles northwest of Falkirk, the main town in the area.
~1400 ftN
Cemetery, Forts and castles
Elphinstone Tower
7 min walk • Elphinstone Tower, also known as Dunmore Tower or Airth Tower, is a ruined tower house on the Dunmore Estate in central Scotland. It is located 1.5 kilometres north-west of Airth and 9 kilometres east of Stirling in the Falkirk council area. The 16th-century ruin is protected as a category C listed building.
2.6 miE
Town
Kincardine
67 min walk • Kincardine or Kincardine-on-Forth is a small town on the north shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, Scotland. The town was given the status of a burgh of barony in 1663. It was at one time a reasonably prosperous minor port.