Balloch Castle

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Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Balloch Castle is a castle in West Dunbartonshire. The Albion Guide maps four castles in the county; this is one of them. It sits inside Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park.

For more of the same, Inchmurrin Castle and Kilmahew Castle are close by. The nearest railway station, Balloch, is under a kilometre away.

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