What is recorded here
Broughty Castle from the east is a castle, fort or tower in Dundee City, Scotland. Perhaps its stones caught the first light before the city woke, marking the boundary between land and water. Maybe guards watched the tide or waited for ships, their shadows stretching across the grass. Imagine the castle as a sentinel, standing at the edge of the world, its purpose written in silence rather than speech.
A named place photographed at this map point in Dundee City.
Broughty Castle was built by the Earls of Angus in the 14th century and later held by the Earls of Crawford. It is important as a strategically located coastal fortress that played a key role in conflicts between Scotland and England during the Middle Ages.
Places near here
A driveway to the castle beach, Broughty FerryCastle, fort or tower · 1 yd
Dundee, Broughty Ferry, Broughty CastleCastle (15th Century) · 6 yd
Dundee, Broughty CastleNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 56 yd
Rough sea at Broughty Ferry HarbourHeritage place · 59 yd
Tay Defences, Broughty Ferry, Submarine Mining StationSubmarine Mining Station (first World War), Submarine Mining Station (20th Century) · 69 yd
Broughty Ferry Beach Management notice boardBeach · 79 yd
Dundee, Broughty Ferry Harbour, Wind DialSculpture (21st Century) · 95 yd
Beach and pathwayBeach · 114 yd
Broughty Ferry, Mill StreetWindmill (18th Century) · 196 yd
Holocaust Memorial PlaqueMemorial · 232 yd
Holocaust Memorial GardenMemorial · 242 yd
Roofert RockNamed rock · 1.0 miOther information
Photo: Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0