Visit Camelon Places

Welcome to Visit Camelon Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Camelon

  

Camelon Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Camelon

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Camelon history

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Camelon has been suggested as the southern fort of the Roman Gask Ridge separating the Highlands from the Lowlands. A Roman altar was found at Bogton Farm under a kilometer west of the fort. A Samian ware platter, possibly also associated with the site was found and can now be viewed at the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow.

You can visit Camelon places with Walkfo Camelon to hear history at Camelon’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Camelon has 37 places to visit in our interactive Camelon map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Camelon, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Camelon places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Camelon & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 37 audio facts unique to Camelon places in an interactive Camelon map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Camelon Places Map
37 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Camelon historic spots	Camelon tourist destinations	Camelon plaques	Camelon geographic features
Walkfo Camelon tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Camelon

  

Best Camelon places to visit

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Camelon has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Camelon’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Camelon’s information audio spots:

Callendar House Callendar House is set within the grounds of Callendar Park in Falkirk, central Scotland. During the 19th century, it was redesigned and extended in the style of a French Renaissance château fused with elements of Scottish baronial architecture. The core of the building is a 14th-century tower house, with a 300 ft frontage.

Arthur’s O’on Arthur’s O’on (Scots: Oven) was a stone building thought to be a probable Roman temple. It stood on rising ground above the north bank of the River Carron in Stenhousemuir, near Falkirk, Scotland.

Rosebank distillery Rosebank distillery is situated in Camelon on the banks of the Forth and Clyde canal between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Ian MacLeod Distillers Ltd purchased the site from Scottish Canals and the trademarks from Diageo.

Falkirk Old Parish Church Falkirk Old & St. Modan’s Parish Church is located in the centre of Falkirk, central Scotland. The medieval Old Parish Church may have been founded as early as the 7th century. The church was largely rebuilt in the 19th century, though the 18th-century steeple was retained. The building is protected as a category A listed building.

St Andrew’s West St. Andrew’s West Parish Church is the largest church in Falkirk, Scotland, founded in 1843. The present Gothic building was built in 1896 at a cost of £8,100 to designs by architect James Strang. It is protected as a category C(s) listed building.

Falkirk Steeple The Falkirk Steeple was built in 1814 and replaced an earlier steeple dating from the late 17th century. A stylised image of the steeple appears on the crest of Falkirk Football Club.

Falkirk Community Hospital Falkirk Community Hospital is a community hospital in Falkirk, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Forth Valley and is part of the Forth Valley NHS.

Watling Lodge Watling Lodge was a Roman fortlet on the Antonine Wall in Scotland. It was located near what is now Lock Sixteen on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Falkirk.

Millennium Link The Union Canal and the Forth & Clyde Canal were originally joined by a flight of locks. The Millennium Link project replaced the locks with a boat lift, the Falkirk Wheel. The total cost of the project was £78 million.

Royal Scottish National Hospital The Royal Scottish National Hospital was a psychiatric institution situated in Larbert, Falkirk, Scotland. It was first founded as the Scottish National Institution for the Education of Imbecile Children in 1862.

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