Morton Castle

#2318 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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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. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 55°16'29"N, 3°44'53"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Drumlanrig Castle, Crichope Linn, Tynron Doon, Closeburn Castle.

2.4 miW
17th-century castle with lavish interior
Drumlanrig Castle
62 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.
2.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Crichope Linn
68 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.
5.5 miSW
Archaeological site
Tynron Doon
140 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.
4.5 miS
Forts and castles
Closeburn Castle
116 min walk • 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.
4.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch Ettrick
123 min walk • Loch Ettrick is a body of water near Thornhill and Ae, Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
1.9 miSW
Museum, Forts and castles
Tibbers Castle
49 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.
4.8 miSW
Archaeological site
Grennan Hill
123 min walk • Grennan Hill is the site of an Iron Age hill fort outside Penpont in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
2.4 miS
Town
Thornhill
62 min walk • Thornhill is a village in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries on the main A76 road.