Ackergill Tower

#1919 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Forts and castles, Resort, Reportedly haunted

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Ackergill Tower is located on the coast of Sinclair's Bay, about 4 km north of Wick, Caithness, in northern Scotland. It was built in the early 16th century, and is a category A listed building. The building is a five-storey oblong tower house. The four-storey wing to the rear was added in the early 18th century. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 58°28'32"N, 3°6'41"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Day trips

Ackergill Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Castle of Old Wick, Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, Noss Head Lighthouse, Ebenezer Place.

3.8 miS
Forts and castles
Castle of Old Wick, Wick
96 min walk • The Castle of Old Wick is a ruined castle near the town of Wick, Caithness, Scotland.
1.6 miE
Forts and castles
Castle Sinclair Girnigoe, Wick
41 min walk • Castle Sinclair Girnigoe is located about 3 miles north of Wick on the east coast of Caithness, Scotland. It is considered to be one of the earliest seats of Clan Sinclair.
2.2 miE
Lighthouse
Noss Head Lighthouse
56 min walk • The Noss Head Lighthouse is an active 19th-century lighthouse near Wick in Caithness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is located at the end of Noss Head, a peninsula on the north-west coast of Caithness that overlooks Sinclairs Bay, three miles north-east of Wick.
2.4 miS
Street, Square
Ebenezer Place, Wick
63 min walk • Ebenezer Place, in Wick, Caithness, Scotland, is credited by the Guinness Book of Records as being the world's shortest street at 2.06 m. The street has only one address: the entrance to No. 1 Bistro, which is part of Mackays Hotel. The hotel has other frontages onto Union Street and River Street, with its main entrance on Union Street.
1.5 miNW
Golf
Wick Golf Club
39 min walk • Wick Golf Club was established in 1870, making it the oldest established golf club in the Highlands of Scotland. Located in Caithness, 3 miles north of the town of Wick, it is one of the most northerly courses in mainland UK.
2.6 miS
58°26'23"N • 3°5'18"W
Wick Heritage Museum, Wick
67 min walk • History museum, Museum
4.3 miN
Forts and castles
Keiss Castle
111 min walk • Keiss Castle is a partially ruined castle in Scotland, which stands on sheer cliffs overlooking Sinclair's Bay less than one mile north of Keiss village centre, Caithness, Highland, Scotland. It is protected as a scheduled monument. The old castle was replaced by Keiss House around 1755.
3 miS
Visitor center, Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Old Pulteney distillery, Wick
76 min walk • The Pulteney Distillery is a malt whisky production and aging facility in the Pulteneytown area of Wick, Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland.
2.7 miS
Church
Pulteneytown Central Church, Wick
68 min walk • Pulteneytown Central Church was founded in 1806 in the Pulteneytown area of Wick in Caithness in the far north of Scotland. As years went by, it was renamed Pulteneytown Free Church.
2.7 miS
Church
Pulteneytown Parish Church, Wick
70 min walk • Pulteneytown Parish Church is located in Argyle Square, Pulteneytown, Wick, Caithness, Scotland. It is a congregation in the Church of Scotland. The church building was opened in 1842, but following the Disruption of 1843 the Rev David Mitchell left to become a minister of the Free Church of Scotland in Glasgow.
3 miS
Sport, Sport venue
Harmsworth Park, Wick
78 min walk • Harmsworth Park is a football ground in Wick in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland, which is the home ground of Highland Football League side Wick Academy F.C.