Cumstoun Castle
Cumstoun Castle is an architectural structure in Dumfries and Galloway. Its location is 900 m north of Kirkcudbright. It is a scheduled monument.
Castle near Kirkcudbright
Just outside Kirkcudbright
Cumstoun Castle is 900 m north of Kirkcudbright. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Kirkcudbright has 188 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The year in Kirkcudbright
June to September are the warmest in Kirkcudbright, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C.
Cumstoun Castle
Nearby, Maclellan's Castle (2.2 km) heads a list of 12 within 15 km.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Town
- 900 m north of Kirkcudbright
Where Cumstoun Castle is
The orange dot is Cumstoun Castle; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns that list Cumstoun Castle
They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Kirkcudbright
Close to Cumstoun Castle
The 12 places within 15 km include 4 castles, 2 museums and an abbey or priory.
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandMaclellan's Castle2.2 km away2
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandThreave Castle11 km away3
MuseumTolbooth Art Centre2.4 km away4
MuseumStewartry Museum2.4 km away5CastleCastle · Historic Environment ScotlandCardoness Castle9.4 km away6Abbey or prioryAbbey or prioryDundrennan Abbey8.8 km away7
Garden · National Trust for ScotlandThreave Garden (NTS)10 km away8CastleCastleOrchardton Tower14 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Cumstoun Castle
Where is Cumstoun Castle?
Cumstoun Castle is 900 m north of Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway.
What is Cumstoun Castle?
Architectural structure in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Cumstoun Castle?
June to September are the warmest months in Kirkcudbright, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Cumstoun Castle a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Cumstoun Castle?
Within 15 km: Maclellan's Castle (2.2 km), Threave Castle (11 km), Tolbooth Art Centre (2.4 km) and Stewartry Museum (2.4 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 (5)
- Maclellan's Castle: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Threave Castle: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Tolbooth Art Centre: LornaMCampbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stewartry Museum: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Threave Garden (NTS): David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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