Pitfour Castle, Glencarse

Name: Pitfour Castle
Address: Glencarse, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Glencarse

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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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. ()

Coordinates: 56°22'25"N, 3°17'52"W

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Glencarse United Kingdom

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

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

4.1 miW
Natural attraction, Bike trail, Nature and wildlife
Kinnoull Hill, Perth
104 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.
4.4 miN
Forts and castles
Fingask Castle
114 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.
4.3 miW
Bridge
Friarton Bridge, Perth
110 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.
4.5 miW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Mary's Monastery, Perth
116 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.
3.2 miW
Forts and castles
Kinfauns Castle
83 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.
2.9 miS
Historical place, Tower
Abernethy Round Tower, Abernethy
73 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.
2.2 miW
16th-century house on scenic grounds
Elcho Castle, Perth
58 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.
3.1 miSE
Historical place, Monastery, Tours
Lindores Abbey
80 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.
3.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Moncreiffe Hill, Perth
101 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.
2 miNW
Forts and castles
Balthayock Castle
52 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.
0.6 miN
Church
All Saints Church, Glencarse
17 min walk • All Saints Church is an Episcopal church in the Diocese of Brechin, located in the Scottish village of Glencarse, Perth and Kinross.