Closeburn Castle

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Closeburn Castle is a tower house, probably of the 14th century, but possibly older, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland. The castle is located 1 km east of the village of Closeburn, in the historical county of Dumfriesshire, 2 km south-east of Thornhill, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 55°12'41"N, 3°43'7"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Drumlanrig Castle, Crichope Linn, Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Morton Castle.

5.6 miNW
17th-century castle with lavish interior
Drumlanrig Castle
143 min walk • Drumlanrig Castle is situated on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The category A listed castle is the Dumfriesshire home of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry. It is open to the public at set times.
2.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Crichope Linn
53 min walk • Crichope Linn or Crichop Linn, originally Creehope is a gorge and waterfall near Gatelawbridge in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland. Linn is the Scots language word for waterfall.
6 miS
Garden, Park
Garden of Cosmic Speculation, Dumfries
152 min walk • The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a 30 acre sculpture garden created by landscape architect and theorist Charles Jencks at his home, Portrack House, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Like much of Jencks' work, the garden is inspired by modern cosmology.
4.5 miN
Forts and castles
Morton Castle
116 min walk • Morton Castle is located by an artificial loch in the hills above Nithsdale, in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies 2.5 miles north-east of Thornhill, and once formed part of a chain of castles along the strategically important Nith Valley, which runs from the Solway Firth north to the Clyde Valley.
5.5 miW
Archaeological site
Tynron Doon
142 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.
5.3 miS
Museum, History museum
Ellisland Farm
136 min walk • Ellisland Farm lies about 6.5 mi/10.4 km northwest of Dumfries near the village of Auldgirth, located in the Parish of Dunscore, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The complex is a museum in the farm Robert Burns built, lived in and farmed from 1788 until 1791.
5.1 miS
Forts and castles
Friars Carse
129 min walk • Friars' Carse is a mansion house and estate situated 2 kilometres southeast of Auldgirth on the main road to Dumfries, Parish of Dunscore, Scotland. The property is located on the west bank of the River Nith and is known for its strong associations with Robert Burns who lived for a while at the nearby Ellisland farm.
6.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Queensberry Hill
176 min walk • Queensberry is a hill in the Lowther Hills range, part of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. The most southerly mountain in the range, it lies in the parish of Kirkpatrick-Juxta and is a prominent landmark throughout Dumfriesshire.
2.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Ettrick
66 min walk • Loch Ettrick is a body of water near Thornhill and Ae, Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
4.7 miNW
Museum, Forts and castles
Tibbers Castle
119 min walk • Tibbers Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle overlooking a ford across the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. To the east is the village of Carronbridge and to the north west is a 16th-century country house, Drumlanrig Castle.
5.4 miW
Archaeological site
Grennan Hill
138 min walk • Grennan Hill is the site of an Iron Age hill fort outside Penpont in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.