Fort · near Darvel · East Ayrshire

Carnals Castle

Carnals Castle is a fort 2.3 km north of Darvel. Our list has 20 more places within 15 km; first among them is Loudoun Castle, at 6.7 km.

Where

2.3 km

north of Darvel

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–18°C

In brief

Fort near Darvel

Just outside Darvel

Carnals Castle is 2.3 km north of Darvel. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Choosing a month

In Darvel the warm season is June to August, with highs of 17–18°C.

Jan6° / 1°146 mm

Feb7° / 1°124 mm

Mar9° / 2°108 mm

Apr11° / 3°80 mm

May15° / 6°75 mm

Jun17° / 9°86 mm

Jul18° / 10°112 mm

Aug18° / 10°114 mm

Sep16° / 8°109 mm

Oct12° / 6°149 mm

Nov9° / 3°146 mm

Dec6° / 1°156 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Darvel, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Darvel. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Darvel’s full climate →

About

Carnals Castle

Fort.

Type: Fort
Town: 2.3 km north of Darvel

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Carnals Castle on the map

Carnals Castle sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Bases near Carnals Castle

These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1Darvel
2Newmilns

1 · 2.3 km south of it

Darvel

3,701 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 3.1 km southwest of it

Newmilns

2,559 people · 9 places to visit

Compare the 2 towns

Town	Where Carnals Castle is	People	Places to visit
Darvel	2.3 km south of it	3,701	6
Newmilns	3.1 km southwest of it	2,559	9

Make a day of it

Next door to Carnals Castle

Within 15 km you can add 7 castles and a museum.

CastleLoudoun Castle6.7 km away 2

CastleBarr Castle7.7 km away 3

CastleDean Castle13 km away 4

CastleStrathaven Castle14 km away 5

CastleNewmilns Tower4.4 km away 6

CastlePolnoon Castle11 km away 7

CastleMearns Castle15 km away 8

MuseumDick Institute14 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Carnals Castle, answered

Where is Carnals Castle?

Carnals Castle is 2.3 km north of Darvel, East Ayrshire.

What is Carnals Castle?

Fort.

When is the best time to visit Carnals Castle?

June to August are the warmest months in Darvel, with afternoon highs of 17–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Carnals Castle?

Within 15 km: Loudoun Castle (6.7 km), Barr Castle (7.7 km), Dean Castle (13 km) and Strathaven Castle (14 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 (8)

Loudoun Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Barr Castle: Rosser1954 Roger Griffith, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dean Castle: Fraser Sutherland, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Strathaven Castle: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Newmilns Tower: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Polnoon Castle: Rosser1954 Roger Griffith, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Mearns Castle: wrobison, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dick Institute: Peter Mabon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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