Castle Craig
Castle Craig is a tower house. It is 6.6 km south of Alness. The register lists it as a scheduled monument.
Castle near Alness
Near Alness
Castle Craig is 6.6 km south of Alness. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Alness has 14 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons and weather
Highs in Alness reach 18°C in July and August.
Castle Craig
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 6 languages. A short trip away is Fort George, 15 km off, the first of 11 within 15 km.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 6 languages
- Town
- 6.6 km south of Alness
Around Castle Craig, mapped
Use the numbers to match each place near Castle Craig with the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns within reach of Castle Craig
Of the 8, Alness is the largest, at 5,940 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Alness
Invergordon
Dingwall
Muir of Ord
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Castle Craig is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alness | 6.6 km north of it | 5,940 | 3 |
| Invergordon | 9 km northeast of it | 3,801 | 3 |
| Dingwall | 9.3 km southwest of it | 5,274 | 9 |
| Muir of Ord | 17 km southwest of it | 2,832 | 5 |
| Culloden | 19 km southeast of it | 3,699 | 12 |
| Smithton | 20 km southeast of it | 2,905 | 14 |
| Westhill | 21 km southeast of it | 5,681 | 13 |
| Tain | 23 km northeast of it | 3,544 | 1 |
Next door to Castle Craig
Our list has 11 more within 15 km, among them 3 museums, 2 castles and a fort.
CastleDingwall Castle Folly9.3 km away4
CastleKilcoy Castle14 km away5MuseumMuseumGroam House Museum12 km away6
MuseumDingwall Museum9.6 km away7AttractionAttractionThe Dalmore Distillery5.8 km away8MuseumMuseumInvergordon Naval Museum & Heritage Centre9.3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Castle Craig in questions
Where is Castle Craig?
Castle Craig is 6.6 km south of Alness, Highland.
What is Castle Craig?
Tower house in Highland, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Castle Craig?
July and August are the warmest months in Alness, with afternoon highs of 18–18°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Castle Craig a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Castle Craig?
Within 15 km: Fort George (15 km), Fortrose Cathedral (12 km), Dingwall Castle Folly (9.3 km) and Kilcoy 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 (3)
- Dingwall Castle Folly: QuintusPetillius, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kilcoy Castle: Webrazor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dingwall Museum: Andrew Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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