Buittle Castle
Buittle Castle is a castle in Dumfries and Galloway. You will find it 700 m west of Dalbeattie. On the official register, it is a scheduled monument.
Castle near Dalbeattie
Just outside Dalbeattie
Buittle Castle is 700 m west of Dalbeattie. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Dalbeattie has 16 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Picking your season
If warmth matters, go June to August: Dalbeattie reaches 17–19°C.
Buittle Castle
Articles on it exist in 5 languages. A short trip away is Threave Castle, 8 km off, the first of 6 within 15 km.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- 700 m west of Dalbeattie
Mapping Buittle Castle
Find Buittle Castle in orange; each number is a place listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Which town is nearest
Dumfries, with 33,694 people, is the largest of the 4. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Dalbeattie
Castle Douglas
Kirkcudbright
Dumfries
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Buittle Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalbeattie | 700 m east of it | 4,134 | 1 |
| Castle Douglas | 4.5 km west of it | 4,061 | 5 |
| Kirkcudbright | 17 km southwest of it | 3,219 | 6 |
| Dumfries | 21 km northeast of it | 33,694 | 8 |
Pair Buittle Castle with these
3 castles, a garden and an art gallery are among the 6 within 15 km.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandThreave Castle8 km away2CastleCastleOrchardton Tower6.5 km away3
Garden · National Trust for ScotlandThreave Garden (NTS)6.7 km away4CastleCastleDrumcoltran Tower8.3 km away5Art galleryArt galleryCastle Douglas Art Gallery5.3 km away6FortFortAuld Kirk of Lochroan11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Buittle Castle?
Buittle Castle is 700 m west of Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway.
What is Buittle Castle?
Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Buittle Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Dalbeattie, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Buittle Castle a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Buittle Castle?
Within 15 km: Threave Castle (8 km), Orchardton Tower (6.5 km), Threave Garden (NTS) (6.7 km) and Drumcoltran Tower (8.3 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Buittle Castle: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Threave Castle: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Threave Garden (NTS): David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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