More than 1200 castles and other medieval buildings can be found in Scotland; here we have a list of more than 300 of them, mostly castles, divided over several pages. When you miss an important monument, or see an error, please mail us. We tried to find a website for every castle to provide more information and pictures.
Choose a letter of scroll to the desired castle. The last column points to a website of the castle or its owner itself.

Name	Century	Remarks	Area	Site
Aberdour Castle	12	Used to be very prosperous	Fife
Ackergill Tower	15	Now a hotel	Highlands, Wick	YES
Affleck Castle	15	Also called Auchinleck Castle	County of Angus
Airth Castle	15	Now a hotel	Argyll	YES
Aldourie Castle	19	Incorporating an earlier towerhouse	Highlands, near Inverness, Loch Ness
Amhuinnsuidhe Castle	19	Now a luxurious hotel	Western Isles, Harris
Ardtornish Castle	14	Ruin	Argyll, Mull
Ardverikie House		This castle is used in the series 'Monarch of the Glen'	Highlands, Loch Laggan
Ardvourlie Castle	19	Now a small hotel	Western Isles, Harris
Ardvreck Castle	16	Ruin	Highlands
Armadale Castle	19	Partly renovated with beautiful gardens	Highlands, Skye
Auchans Castle	17	Ruin	Highlands
Auchindoun Castle	15	Ruin, but nice	Grampians
Avondale Castle	14	Also called Strathaven Castle	Clyde

Name	Century	Remarks	Area	Site
Baldoon Castle	17	Ruin	Galloway, Wigtownshire
Balfour Castle	19	Now a hotel	Orkney, Isle of Shapinsay	YES
Balgonie Castle	14	Castle is inhabited, but a visit is possible	Fife	YES
Balhousie Castle	15	Now a museum, free entrance	Perth
Ballencrieff Castle	16		East Lothian	YES
Ballinbreich Castle	14	Once impressive, now a ruin	Fife
Ballindalloch Castle	16	Well preserved castle	Grampians, Aberdeenshire	YES
Balmoral Castle	15	Official Schottish residence of the royal family	Grampians, Aberdeenshire	YES
Baltersan Castle	16	Tower-house	Ayrshire, Maybole	YES
Balvaird Castle	15	Tower-house	Perthshire
Balvenie Castle	13	Inhabited until 1720	Grampians
Barcaldine Castle	16	Still inhabited and Bed &Breakfast	Argyll	YES
Barholm Castle	15	Tower-house	Galloway	YES
Barr Castle	15	Ruin	Ayrshire
Barra Castle	12	Also called Kisimul Castle	Isle of Barra
Berriedale Castle	15	Almost nothing left	Highlands
Birse Castle	17	Present castle dates from the de 20nd c. (1920)	Grampians, Aberdeenshire
Blackcraig Castle			Perthshire
Blackness Castle	14		Near Linlithgow
Blair Castle	13	Nice, well mainatined country house/castle	Perthshire	YES
Blairquhan Castle	19	Now an expensive hotel	Ayrshire
Blervie Castle	16		Highlands
Bognie Castle	17	Also called Conzie Castle, a ruin now
Bothwell Castle	13	The castle has never been finished	Clyde
Borthwick Castle	15	Now a hotel	Near Edinburgh	YES
Braemar Castle	17	The castle is totally renovated	Grampians
Brahan Castle	17	In 1953, the castle was destroyed	Highlands, Dingwall
Branxholme Castle	16		Borders
Brims Castle	16		Highlands, near Thurso
Brodick Castle	13	More a country house	Ayrshire
Brodie Castle	16	Well preserved	Grampians
Broughty Castle	15	Museum	Perthshire
Buchanan Castle	19	Deteriorated	Argyll, Stirling
Burleigh Castle		Ruin	Perthshire

Name	Century	Remarks	Area	Site
Cadzow Castle	16		South Lanarkshire, Hamilton
Caerlaverock Castle	13	Build around a triangular court	Galloway
Caisteal a'Torr		Fortress from the Iron Age	Ayrshire
Caisteal Maol	15	Ruin	Highlands, Skye
Calgary Castle	19	Now a holiday residence	Argyll, Mull
Castle Campbell	15	Impressive ruins; originally called Castle Gloom	Argyll
Caprington Castle	15		Ayrshire, Kilmarnock
Carbisdale Castle	20	Now an inn with relatively many ghosts for such a young castle	Highlands, Sutherland	YES
Cardoness Castle	15	Ruins of a towerhouse	Galloway
Carrick Castle	16		Argyll
Carsluith Castle	16		Galloway, Creetown
Carnassarie Castle	16	Tower-house	Argyll
Carnell Castle	15		Ayrshire, near Craigie
Carn Liath		Broch (fortified tower) from the Iron Age	Highlands
Carrick Castle	15	Simple castle, is being renovated	Argyll
Cawdor Castle	14	Well preserved	Highlands, Inverness-shire
Cessnock Castle	15		Ayrshire, Galston
Claypotts Castle	16	Closed to the public	Perthshire, near Dundee
Collairnie Castle	16	Only the tower remains of a once much larger castle	Perthshire
Comlongon Castle	14	Now a hotel	Dumfriesshire	YES
Corgarff Castle	16	The castle is restored in it's original condition	Grampians, Aberdeenshire
Couston Castle		Ruin, we couldn't find a website with more information	Fife, near Aberdour
Coxton Tower	17	Tower-house	Grampians
Craig Castle		Ruin, castle of the clan Urquhart	Highlands, Ross-shire
Craigend Castle	19	Locaed in the Mugdock Country Park	Greater Glasgow
Craighall Castle	16	Holiday castle	Perthshire	YES
Craigievar Castle	17	Beautiful castle with all it's turrets	Grampians, Aberdeenshire
Craigmillar Castle	15	Ruin	Near Edinburgh
Craignethan Castle	16		Clyde
Craignish Castle	15	Private property	Argyll
Craigston Castle	17	Belongs to the clan Urquhart	Grampians, Aberdeenshire
Crathes Castle	16	Beautiful small castle	Grampians, Aberdeenshire
Craufurdland Castle	13	Private roperty	Ayrshire, near Kilmarnock
Crichton Castle	15		near Edinburgh
Crosbie Tower	14		Ayrshire, Troon
Culcreuch Castle	13	Now a hotel	Argyll, Stirlingshire
Culzean Castle	18		Ayrshire, Maybole	NTS

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