Auchen Castle

Hotel Facts and Information - Auchen Castle

• The address and contact details of Auchen Castle Hotel

  • Auchen Castle Hotel
    Beattock, Near Moffat, Dumfriesshire DG10 9SH

  • Tel: +44 (0)1683 300 407

  • Fax: +44 (0)1683 300 727

  • Email: reception@auchencastle.com

• The hotel location and setting:

  • The Auchen Castle Hotel is located in a beautiful Scottish setting amidst 35 acres of beautiful landscaped gardens and forests

  • Only a short drive away from Gretna Green

• Attractions:

  • Castles in Dunfiesshire

    • Caerlaverock Castle

    • Cardoness Castle

    • Drumlanrig Castle

    • Kenmure Castle

    • Threave Castle

  • Places of interest

    • Grey Mares Tail Waterfall

    • St Mary’s Loch

    • Mull of Galloway

    • Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve

    • Corsewall Lighthouse

    • Devil's Porridge, Eastriggs - site of a munitions factory during the Great War

    • Galloway Forest Park

    • Loch Ken

    • Ruthwell Cross

    • Samye Ling Tibetan Monastery

    • Southern Upland Way - long distance footpath

• Number of rooms - 83

  • Television & Radio

  • Hairdryer

• General hotel facilities at Auchen Hotel:

  • Dining Room

  • Bar

  • Conference room

  • Room Service

• Auchen Castle Hotel Amenities & Facilities:

  • Beauty and Massge centre

• Sporting Facilities at, or nearby, Auchen Castle Hotel:

  • Golf Course - 18-hole golf courses

  • Clay pigeon shooting

  • Horse riding

  • Falconry

  • Tennis

  • Archery

  • Quad Biking

• Special Features at Auchen Hotel

  • A grand lawn marquee can be hired with the fountain as its centre piece

  • Castle has its own private trout loch

• Weddings at Auchen Hotel

  • Romantic Weddings can be arranged at Auchen Castle

Scottish Castle Building - Auchen Castle
The design and building of Auchen Castle was dictated by the architecture and requirements prevalent in the century that the castle was built:

• 11th century castle building instigated by the Normans and started with wooden Motte and Bailey designs, moving on to stone castles

• 12th & 13th centuries - Massive stone Castles

• 14th - The Tower House Castles were introduced

• 15th - L Shape Tower House Castles

• 16th & 17th - Artillery Forts and Garrisons

• S18th, 19th & 20th - Fairytale style romantic castles

It is interesting to discover when the castle was built and which style applied to the building of Auchen Castle when you take your holiday or vacation.

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