Savings Banks Museum, Ruthwell

Name: Savings Banks Museum
Address: Ruthwell, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1387 870640

#3 among attractions in Ruthwell

Specialty museum, Museum

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Savings Banks Museum is a place located in Ruthwell (Scotland kingdom) and belongs to the category of specialty museum, museum.

It is situated at an altitude of 56 feet, and its geographical coordinates are 54°59'35"N latitude and 3°24'19"W longitude.

Among other places and attractions worth visiting in the area are: Ruthwell Cross (church, 14 min walk), Comlongon Castle (reportedly haunted, 43 min walk), Repentance Tower (forts and castles, 115 min walk).

Coordinates: 54°59'35"N, 3°24'19"W

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Ruthwell United Kingdom

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+44 1387 870640

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Savings Banks Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Caerlaverock Castle, Ruthwell Cross, Hoddom Castle, Comlongon Castle.

4.8 miW
Unique triangular medieval fortress
Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries
124 min walk • Caerlaverock Castle is a moated triangular castle first built in the 13th century. It is located on the southern coast of Scotland, eleven kilometres south of Dumfries, on the edge of the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve.
0.5 miN
Church
Ruthwell Cross, Ruthwell
14 min walk • The Ruthwell Cross is a stone Anglo-Saxon cross probably dating from the 8th century, when the village of Ruthwell, now in Scotland, was part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria.
4.8 miNE
Forts and castles
Hoddom Castle, Annan
123 min walk • Hoddom Castle is a large tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, south Scotland. It is located by the River Annan, 4 kilometres south-west of Ecclefechan and the same distance north-west of Brydekirk in the parish of Cummertrees.
1.7 miNW
Reportedly haunted, Forts and castles
Comlongon Castle, Ruthwell
43 min walk • Comlongon Castle is a tower house dating from the later 15th century or early 16th century. It is located 1 kilometre west of the village of Clarencefield, and 10 kilometres south-east of Dumfries, in south west Scotland. The original tower has been extended by the addition of a baronial style mansion, completed around 1900.
4.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Repentance Tower
115 min walk • The Repentance Tower is a very rare example of a mid-16th century watch tower standing on Trailtrow Hill, six miles north-west of Annan, Dumfries and Galloway.
6.7 miSE
Area
Milefortlet 3, Hadrian's Wall
172 min walk • Milefortlet 3 was a Milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian's Wall, along the Cumbrian coast and were linked by a wooden palisade.
6.5 miSE
Area
Milefortlet 4, Hadrian's Wall
166 min walk • Milefortlet 4 was a Milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian's Wall, along the Cumbrian coast and were linked by a wooden palisade.
7 miSE
Area
Milefortlet 5, Hadrian's Wall
179 min walk • Milefortlet 5 was a Milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian's Wall, along the Cumbrian coast and were linked by a wooden palisade.
7.2 miNE
Village
Ecclefechan
184 min walk • One of the highlights of a visit to Ecclefechan is a trip to the famous Thomas Carlyle's Birthplace. Thomas Carlyle was a renowned philosopher, historian, and essayist, and his birthplace has been preserved as a museum dedicated to his life and work.
5.6 miE
Sport venue, Sport
Everholm Stadium, Annan
142 min walk • Gretna Football Club 2008 is a football club from the town of Gretna. It was founded in 2008 after the bankruptcy and demise of Gretna, which had existed since 1946.