Shieldhill Castle, Biggar

Name: Shieldhill Castle
Address: Biggar, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Biggar

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Shieldhill Castle is a category B listed building located near Biggar in South Lanarkshire. The building dates back to 1199 and is currently being run as Shieldhill Castle Hotel. ()

Coordinates: 55°38'48"N, 3°34'56"W

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Biggar United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Little Sparta, Tinto, Biggar Puppet Theatre - Home of Purves Puppets, Tinto Hill.

6.1 miNE
Park
Little Sparta
155 min walk • Little Sparta is a garden at Dunsyre in the Pentland Hills in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, created by artist and poet Ian Hamilton Finlay and his wife Sue Finlay, since 1966. The 5-acre Arcadian garden includes concrete poetry in sculptural form, polemic, and philosophical aphorisms, together with sculptures and two temples.
4.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Tinto
121 min walk • Tinto is an isolated hill in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It comprises little more than one top, which stands on the west bank of the River Clyde, some 8 kilometres west of Biggar.
3 miSE
55°37'27"N • 3°30'53"W
Biggar Puppet Theatre - Home of Purves Puppets, Biggar
78 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
4.9 miSW
View point, Mountain, Park
Tinto Hill
126 min walk • Tinto is an isolated hill in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It comprises little more than one top, which stands on the west bank of the River Clyde, some 8 kilometres west of Biggar.
4.1 miNW
Village
Carnwath
106 min walk • Carnwath is a moorland village on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies about 30 mi south of both Edinburgh and Glasgow. It is bounded by the North Medwyn and South Medwyn watercourses.
5.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Cowthally Castle
135 min walk • Cowthally Castle, also known as Couthalley, is a ruined L-plan castle near Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland. The remains are protected as a scheduled monument. The castle appears to have been constructed in the 12th century, and was re-built in 1375.