Buchanan Castle, Drymen

Name: Buchanan Castle
Address: Drymen, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Drymen

Top attraction, Golf, Forts and castles

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Buchanan Castle is a ruined country house in Stirlingshire, Scotland, located 1 mile west of the village of Drymen. The house was commissioned by The 4th Duke of Montrose and built in 1852-1858 as a home for the Montrose family, serving as such until 1925. It was built as a replacement for Buchanan Auld House, which is located 0.5 miles to the northwest but was destroyed in a fire in 1852. The old house and surrounding lands had been the property of the Clan Buchanan but passed to the Clan Graham in the late 17th century. The roof of the building was removed in 1954 and the condition of the house has since deteriorated, but it remains the seat of the Clan Graham. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 56°3'55"N, 4°28'20"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Rob Roy Way, Balloch Castle, Milarrochy Bay, Balloch Country Park.

0.8 miE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Rob Roy Way, Drymen
20 min walk • The Rob Roy Way is a Scottish long distance footpath that runs from Drymen in Stirling to Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross. The path was created in 2002, and takes its name from Rob Roy MacGregor, a Scottish folk hero and outlaw of the early 18th century.
5.6 miSW
Historic ruins in a picturesque park
Balloch Castle, Balloch
144 min walk • Balloch Castle is an early 19th-century country house situated at the southern tip of Loch Lomond, in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Balloch was a property of the Lennox family from the 11th century, and the old castle was built in the 13th century.
4.2 miNW
Campsite
Milarrochy Bay, Balmaha
108 min walk • Milarrochy Bay is a bay on Loch Lomond, in southern Scotland. It is near the village of Balmaha. There are a few houses near the bay. Other bays on the east of Loch Lomond include Cashel Bay and Sallochy Bay.
5.7 miSW
Park
Balloch Country Park, Balloch
145 min walk • Balloch Country Park is a 200-acre country park on the southern tip of Loch Lomond in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It was recognised as a country park in 1980, and it is the only country park in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Scotland's first national park.
3.2 miSE
Valley, Natural attraction, Geologic formation
Finnich Glen
81 min walk • Finnich Glen in Stirlingshire, is a short, steep glen up to 70 ft deep which runs east from Finnich Bridge on the A809. It was carved from the red sandstone by the Carnock Burn.
3.3 miW
Area
Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve, Balmaha
84 min walk • Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve encompasses 430 hectares of land at the southeastern part of Loch Lomond in the council areas of Stirling and West Dunbartonshire, in Scotland.
4.9 miW
Area
Bucinch, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
126 min walk • Bucinch or Buc-Innis is a small island in Loch Lomond, in west central Scotland. The heavily wooded island lies due north of Inchcruin and rises steeply from a rocky coastline to 24 metres in a central summit.
4.3 miW
Area
Ellanderroch, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
110 min walk • Ellanderroch is an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland. It is a very small island, 100 metres in breadth at its widest point. It lies a short distance to the south-west of the larger island of Inchfad. The island has been used as a shelter for fishermen.
6.1 miSW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Three Lochs Way, Balloch
156 min walk • The Three Lochs Way is a 55-kilometre long-distance path in Argyll and Bute in Scotland that links Balloch and Inveruglas. The path crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, which divides the Scottish Highlands from the Lowlands, and is named for the three major lochs linked by the route: Loch Lomond, the Gare Loch and Loch Long.
3.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Lomond, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
98 min walk • Loch Lomond is a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Central Scotland and the Highlands.
3 miNW
Neighbourhood
Conic Hill, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
76 min walk • Conic Hill is a prominent hill in Stirling, Scotland.