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Glengorm Castle

Scotland · 19th century

Founded
1860
Heritage status
category B listed building
Location
Kilninian and Kilmore
Coordinates
56.6365°, -6.17738°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Glengorm Castle in Scotland
Photo: Rob Farrow · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Glengorm Castle, also known as Castle Sorne, is a 19th-century country house on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. Located in Mishnish, 6 kilometres (4 mi) northwest of Tobermory at the end of a dead end road, the house is protected as a Category B listed building.

The Mishnish estate was purchased in 1856 by James Forsyth of Quinish. He cleared the existing townships to make way for the new house, which was completed in 1860.

The house was designed by Kinnear and Peddie in a Scots Baronial style. Formerly being run as a guest house and wedding venue, now a family home, there is a café and shop in the former stables. The castle overlooks the Atlantic Ocean and on most days Coll and mainland Great Britain are clearly visible from the northern side of the castle, as well as Rùm, Canna and even Barra and Uist on clear days.

Text adapted from “Glengorm Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Glengorm Castle ranks #4,567 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #163 of the 252 mapped in Scotland. Founded 1860, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 782 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,105 times in the last 60 days, more than 82% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 84 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Scottish Highlands. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.

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