Castle Campbell

Castle Campbell, Dollar, Clackmannanshire
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Get up close to the Lowland stronghold of a powerful Highland clan. This forbidding fortress high above Dollar Glen belonged to the Campbell earls of Argyll, an important family in medieval Scotland.

What to see and do

  • Take in the location high above Dollar Glen – Castle Campbell is one of the most dramatically positioned castles in Scotland

  • Step inside one of Scotland’s best-preserved tower houses, a structure built back in the 1400s

  • Stroll down the loggia, an open walkway more often found in the warmer climates of Italy and Spain

  • Explore the attractive terraced gardens where the Campbells could walk and enjoy spectacular views down the glen

  • Spot ‘John Knox’s pulpit’ in the garden – said to be the site of a sermon given by the firebrand Protestant preacher in 1556

  • Ask staff for our fun fact-finding quiz

Aerial photo of Castle Campbell taken from eye level showing the surroundings of the Dollar Glen.
Landscape aerial view of Castle Campbell against the backdrop of snowy hills in the Dollar Glen.
Angles UAV image showing Castle Campbell in the Dollar Glen surrounded by trees on a golden day.

Castle Campbell and its setting are full of drama. The imposing ruin stands alone upon a narrow ridge, overlooked by a crescent of the Ochil Hills. Steep ravines fall away on either side of the castle, through which thunder the Burn of Care and the Burn of Sorrow.

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Aerial image of Castle Campbell in the distance within the Dollar Glen