Sorbie Tower
Sorbie Tower is a tower house in Dumfries and Galloway. Find it 19 km south of Newton Stewart. It is protected as a scheduled monument.
Castle near Newton Stewart
A trip from Newton Stewart
Sorbie Tower is 19 km south of Newton Stewart. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Newton Stewart has 87 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather through the year
June to August are the warmest in Newton Stewart, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C.
Sorbie Tower
Wikipedia covers it in 4 languages. Look also at Whithorn Priory, 6.7 km away, first of 3 more within 15 km.
- Type
- Castle
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 4 languages
- Town
- 19 km south of Newton Stewart
- Official site
- clanhannay.org/sorbie-tower
Sorbie Tower at a glance
Numbered points are the places near Sorbie Tower, which is in orange.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · NRS locality 2022
Where people come from
Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Newton Stewart
Other places close by
2 castles and an abbey or priory are among the 3 within 15 km.
Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Sorbie Tower: what to know
Where is Sorbie Tower?
Sorbie Tower is 19 km south of Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway.
What is Sorbie Tower?
Tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.
When is the best time to visit Sorbie Tower?
June to August are the warmest months in Newton Stewart, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Sorbie Tower a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Sorbie Tower?
Within 15 km: Whithorn Priory (6.7 km), Carsluith Castle (8.4 km) and Barholm Castle (9.1 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.
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