Plean Castle
Plean Castle is a tower house in Stirling district. Find it 1.7 km southeast of Cowie. It is protected as a category B listed building.
Castle near Cowie
Just outside Cowie
Plean Castle is 1.7 km southeast of Cowie. Towns near it ↓
Category B listed building
On the official list of protected heritage. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The climate through the year
Warmest in Cowie are June to August, at 18–20°C.
Plean Castle
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 4 languages. Top of the 40 other places within 15 km is Stirling Castle, 9.3 km off.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category B listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- 1.7 km southeast of Cowie
- Official site
- planecastle.co.uk
The map
Plean Castle sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Where to base yourself
The largest of the 8 towns is Alloa, with 14,689 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
Cowie
Larbert
Stenhousemuir
Fallin
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Plean Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cowie | 1.7 km northwest of it | 2,708 | 6 |
| Larbert | 2.2 km south of it | 12,688 | 8 |
| Stenhousemuir | 3.6 km southeast of it | 9,566 | 8 |
| Fallin | 4.3 km north of it | 2,769 | 15 |
| Bannockburn | 4.3 km northwest of it | 6,587 | 14 |
| Alloa | 4.8 km northeast of it | 14,689 | 9 |
| Denny | 4.8 km southwest of it | 9,390 | 3 |
| Carronshore | 4.9 km southeast of it | 2,880 | 10 |
While you are near Plean Castle
Among the 40 within 15 km are 6 castles, an abbey or priory and a museum.
CastleAirth Castle5 km away3
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandAlloa Tower6.8 km away4Abbey or prioryAbbey or priory · Historic Environment ScotlandCambuskenneth Abbey8 km away5
CastleClackmannan Tower7.5 km away6
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandMenstrie Castle9.9 km away7
MuseumCallendar House9 km away8
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandKinneil House15 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Plean Castle
Where is Plean Castle?
Plean Castle is 1.7 km southeast of Cowie, Stirling.
What is Plean Castle?
Tower house in Stirling district, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Plean Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Cowie, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Plean Castle a listed building?
Yes: category B listed building.
What else is there to see near Plean Castle?
Within 15 km: Stirling Castle (9.3 km), Airth Castle (5 km), Alloa Tower (6.8 km) and Cambuskenneth Abbey (8 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 (7)
- Plean Castle: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Airth Castle: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alloa Tower: AllyD at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Clackmannan Tower: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Menstrie Castle: John Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Callendar House: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kinneil House: Tom Sargent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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