Abernethy Round Tower, Abernethy

Name: Abernethy Round Tower
Address: School Wynd, Abernethy, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Abernethy

Top attraction, Historical place, Tower

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The Abernethy Round Tower is a stone-built Irish-style round tower which stands at the edge of the cemetery in Abernethy, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 56°19'58"N, 3°18'42"W

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School WyndAbernethy United Kingdom

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Abernethy Round Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kinnoull Hill, Balvaird Castle, Friarton Bridge, St Mary's Monastery.

5.2 miNW
Natural attraction, Bike trail, Nature and wildlife
Kinnoull Hill, Perth
132 min walk • Kinnoull Hill is a hill located partly in Perth and partly in Kinfauns, Scotland. It shares its name with the nearby residential area Kinnoull.
3.3 miS
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Balvaird Castle, Glenfarg
84 min walk • Balvaird Castle in Perthshire is a traditional late medieval Scottish tower house. It is located in the Ochil Hills, around 5 kilometres south of Abernethy. The name Balvaird is from Baile a' Bhàird, 'Township of the Bard' in Gaelic. Balvaird Castle is a scheduled monument, and is in the care of Historic Environment Scotland.
4.9 miNW
Bridge
Friarton Bridge, Perth
125 min walk • The Friarton Bridge is a steel box girder bridge with a concrete deck, across the River Tay on the southeastern outskirts of Perth, Scotland. It is located approximately 20 miles upstream of the Tay Road Bridge.
5.7 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Mary's Monastery, Perth
146 min walk • St Mary's Monastery is an ecumenical Christian spirituality and retreat centre in Kinnoull, Perth, Scotland. It was built in 1868 by the Redemptorists. Until 1971, it also served as a novitiate for the Redemptorists. In 1870, the church and shrine, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, was built within the grounds.
2.9 miN
Forts and castles
Pitfour Castle, Glencarse
73 min walk • Pitfour Castle is an 18th-century country house situated on the southeast edge of the village of St Madoes in the Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building.
4.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Kinfauns Castle
117 min walk • Kinfauns Castle is a 19th-century castle in the Scottish village of Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross. It is in the Castellated Gothic style, with a slight asymmetry typical of Scottish Georgian. It stands on a raised terrace facing south over the River Tay.
3.2 miNW
16th-century house on scenic grounds
Elcho Castle, Perth
82 min walk • Elcho Castle is located a short distance above the south bank of the River Tay approximately four miles south-east of Perth, Scotland. It consists of a Z-plan tower house, with fragments of a surrounding wall with corner towers.
4.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Myres Castle
119 min walk • Myres Castle is a Scottish castle situated in Fife near the village of Auchtermuchty. Its history is interleaved with that of nearby Falkland Palace with present-day castle construction dating to 1530.
3.5 miNE
Historical place, Monastery, Tours
Lindores Abbey
91 min walk • Lindores Abbey was a Tironensian abbey on the outskirts of Newburgh in Fife, Scotland. Now a reduced ruin, it lies on the southern banks of the River Tay, about 1-mile north of the village of Lindores and is a scheduled ancient monument.
4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Moncreiffe Hill, Perth
102 min walk • Moncreiffe Hill is a long, wooded ridge that lies south of Perth, Scotland. It can be easily seen on the right during the final stages of the drive north towards Perth on the M90 motorway.
5.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Cairnie Hill
142 min walk • Cairnie Hill lies at the eastern end of the Ochil Hills, above the village of Collessie Scotland. It is the highest point of a small upland area between Collesie Den and Collairnie Farm. The northern and western slopes of Cairnie Hill are quite steep and are used for rough grazing and forestry.