Rait Castle
Rait Castle is a ruined hall-house castle near Inverness. The site is 2.7 km south of Nairn. It counts as a scheduled monument.
Castle near Nairn
Just outside Nairn
Rait Castle is 2.7 km south of Nairn. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Nairn has 63 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
The warmest months in Nairn are July and August, with highs of 19°C.
Rait Castle
Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 4 languages. Around it, within 15 km, lie 9 more places, Cawdor Castle (5.4 km) first on our list.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- 2.7 km south of Nairn
- Official site
- saveraitcastle.org
The area around Rait Castle
Rait Castle sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Towns close to Rait Castle
From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.
What else is near Rait Castle
Also close at hand are 4 castles, a fort and a historic house, among 9 within 15 km.
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandBrodie Castle10 km away3FortFortFort George14 km away4
CastleDarnaway Castle10 km away5CastleCastleKilravock Castle8.6 km away6Historic houseHistoric houseDalcross Castle12 km away7
MuseumNairn Museum4.3 km away8AttractionAttractionRodney's Stone10 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Rait Castle
Where is Rait Castle?
Rait Castle is 2.7 km south of Nairn, Highland.
What is Rait Castle?
Ruined hall-house castle near Inverness, Scotland.
When is the best time to visit Rait Castle?
July and August are the warmest months in Nairn, with afternoon highs of 19–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Rait Castle a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Rait Castle?
Within 15 km: Cawdor Castle (5.4 km), Brodie Castle (10 km), Fort George (14 km) and Darnaway Castle (10 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 (4)
- Rait Castle: Jean Aldridge, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brodie Castle: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Darnaway Castle: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nairn Museum: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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