Powrie Castle
Powrie Castle is a fortified house in Dundee City. Its status is a category A listed building. 35 other places to visit are within 15 km, led by RRS Discovery (5 km).
Castle near Dundee
Just outside Dundee
Powrie Castle is 400 m northeast of Dundee. Towns near it ↓
Category A listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Dundee has 853 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
When to go
June to August are the warmest in Dundee, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C.
Powrie Castle
Articles on it exist in 6 languages.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Category A listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 6 languages
- Town
- 400 m northeast of Dundee
Getting your bearings
The map centres on Powrie Castle, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns that list Powrie Castle
By population, Dundee leads the 3 with 147,365. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Dundee
Tayport
Newport-on-Tay and Wormit
Compare the 3 towns
| Town | Where Powrie Castle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee | 400 m southwest of it | 147,365 | 32 |
| Tayport | 7 km southeast of it | 3,967 | 16 |
| Newport-on-Tay and Wormit | 7.4 km south of it | 4,119 | 24 |
Places to add to Powrie Castle
Also close at hand are 3 castles, 2 cathedrals and a historic ship, among 35 within 15 km.
CastleMains Castle1.9 km away3
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandClaypotts Castle4.1 km away4
CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee5.1 km away5
CathedralSt Paul's Cathedral, Dundee4.6 km away6
Historic houseGlamis Castle14 km away7
Castle · Historic Environment ScotlandBroughty Castle6 km away8
MuseumV&A Dundee5 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Visiting Powrie Castle: the answers
Where is Powrie Castle?
Powrie Castle is 400 m northeast of Dundee, Dundee City.
What is Powrie Castle?
Fortified house in Dundee City, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Powrie Castle?
June to August are the warmest months in Dundee, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Powrie Castle a listed building?
Yes: category A listed building.
What else is there to see near Powrie Castle?
Within 15 km: RRS Discovery (5 km), Mains Castle (1.9 km), Claypotts Castle (4.1 km) and St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee (5.1 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)
- Powrie Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mains Castle: Ydam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Claypotts Castle: Bubobubo2, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Andrew's Cathedral, Dundee: Bill Nicholls, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St Paul's Cathedral, Dundee: kim traynor, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glamis Castle: Worldfootage, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Broughty Castle: TimVickers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- V&A Dundee: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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