Rusky Castle

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Rusky Castle, also known as Ruskie Castle, is a ruined castle on an islet on Loch Rusky, Stirling, Scotland. The islet is now submerged. The castle was known to be held by Sir John de Menteith. ()

Coordinates: 56°12'10"N, 4°14'5"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Inchmahome Priory, Bracklinn Falls, Falls of Leny, Ben Ledi.

3 miSW
13th-century island monastery ruins
Inchmahome Priory, Inchmahome
78 min walk • Inchmahome Priory is situated on Inchmahome, the largest of three islands in the centre of the Lake of Menteith, close to Aberfoyle, Scotland. The name "Inchmahome" comes from the Gaelic Innis MoCholmaig, meaning island of St Colmaig.
3.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Bracklinn Falls, Callander
94 min walk • The Bracklinn Falls are a series of waterfalls north-east of Callander, Scotland on the course of the Keltie Water, where the river crosses the Highland Boundary Fault. Over recent years there have been a number of tragic incidents at the falls.
3.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Falls of Leny, Callander
93 min walk • The Falls of Leny are a series of waterfalls in the Trossachs of Scotland on the course of the Garbh Uisge, otherwise known as the River Leny, where the river crosses the Highland Boundary Fault.
5.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ben Ledi, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
131 min walk • Ben Ledi is a mountain in Stirling, Scotland. It is 879 metres high, and is therefore classified as a Corbett. It lies about six kilometres northwest of Callander, near the village of Kilmahog.
3.2 miSW
Forts and castles
Talla Castle, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
83 min walk • Talla Castle, also known as Inch Talla or Inchtalla Castle, was a 15th-century castle on Inchtalla upon Lake of Menteith, Scotland. The castle was built by Malise Graham, Earl of Mentieth starting in 1427.
3.2 miSW
Area
Inchtalla, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
83 min walk • Inchtalla or Inch Talla is an island in the Loch or Lake of Menteith in central Scotland. Its name derives from the Gaelic words innis and "talla". The entire island is dominated by Talla Castle, which appears to have been built in the 18th century. It was erected on the site of an earlier building that dates from 1428.
3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake of Menteith, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
76 min walk • Lake of Menteith, also known as Loch Inchmahome, is a loch in Scotland located on the Carse of Stirling.
2.9 miN
56°14'35"N • 4°12'42"W
Hamilton Toy Museum, Callander
75 min walk • Specialty museum, Museum
4.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Drunkie, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
115 min walk • Loch Drunkie is a small freshwater loch in the Trossachs near Aberfoyle in the Stirling council area, Scotland.
5.2 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Glen Finglas, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
134 min walk • Glen Finglas is a glen in the Trossachs, in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It is an area of forest in Highlands of the former county of Perthshire, north of Brig o' Turk, close to Callander in Menteith. To the west is Loch Katrine.
~460 ftE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Rusky
3 min walk • Loch Rusky is a small freshwater loch near Callander in the Stirling council area in Scottish Highlands.