Megginch Castle
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Facts and practical information
Megginch Castle is a 15th-century castle in Perth and Kinross, in central Scotland. It was the family home of Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange. It is now lived in by Lady Strange's daughter Catherine Drummond-Herdman, her husband and four children. ()
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Nearby attractions include: Fingask Castle, Pitfour Castle, Abernethy Round Tower, Fowlis Castle.
2 miNWForts and castlesFingask Castle
52 min walk • Fingask Castle is a country house in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is perched 200 feet above Rait, three miles north-east of Errol, in the Braes of the Carse, on the fringes of the Sidlaw Hills.
3.5 miSWForts and castlesPitfour Castle, Glencarse
90 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.
6 miSWHistorical place, TowerAbernethy Round Tower, Abernethy
154 min walk • 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.
7.3 miNEForts and castlesFowlis Castle
187 min walk • Fowlis Castle is situated five miles north-west of Dundee, Scotland, in the hamlet of Fowlis. It is a tower house dating from the seventeenth century. It was held by the Maule family and then by the Mortimers before coming to the Gray family in 1337. Sir Alexander Gray of Broxmouth was made Lord Gray of Fowlis.
4.7 miSEArchaeological siteNorman's Law
121 min walk • Norman's Law is a prominent hill at the far eastern end of the Ochil Fault, Scotland. It sits above the south bank of the River Tay, around four miles north west of Cupar.
4.8 miNWNature, Natural attraction, HillDunsinane Hill
122 min walk • Dunsinane Hill is a hill of the Sidlaws near the village of Collace in Perthshire, Scotland.
5.4 miSW16th-century house on scenic groundsElcho Castle, Perth
139 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.
3.8 miSHistorical place, Monastery, ToursLindores Abbey
97 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.
6.1 miSENature, Natural attraction, HillCairnie Hill
155 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.
4.3 miWForts and castlesBalthayock Castle
111 min walk • Balthayock Castle, also known as Tower of Balthayock, is a medieval tower house located 3 miles east of Perth, Scotland. It was built in late 14th century. It is measured at 52 by 37 ft and has very thick walls. The Balthayock castle is said to have been owned by family of Blair since the time of William I.
6 miSEForts and castlesCollairnie Castle
154 min walk • Collairnie Castle is an L-plan castle in Dunbog, Fife, Scotland. The castle was extended in the 16th century, with a wing added of 4 storeys with an attic.