Alphabetical list of castles in Scotland
Introduction
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 contact 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.
Choose a letter of scroll to the desired castle.
Scottish castles, A | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Aberdour Castle | 12 | Used to be very prosperous | Fife | Website |
Ackergill Tower | 15 | Is now a hotel | Highlands, Wick | Website |
Affleck Castle | 15 | Also called Auchinleck Castle | County of Angus | Website |
House of Aigas | A small castle near Beauly | Highlands | Our site | |
Airth Castle | 15 | Is now a hotel | Argyll | |
Aldourie Castle | 19 | Incorporating an earlier towerhouse | Highlands, bij Loch Ness | Our site Website |
Amhuinnsuidhe Castle | 19 | Now a luxurious hotel | Western Isles, Harris | Website |
Ardtornish Castle | 14 | A ruin | Argyll, Mull | |
Ardverikie House | This castle is used in the series 'Monarch of the Glen&apos | Highlands, Loch Laggan | Our site Website |
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Ardvourlie Castle | 19 | Now a small hotel | Western Isles, Harris | |
Ardvreck Castle | 16 | A ruin | Highlands | Our site Website |
Armadale Castle | 19 | Partly renovated with beautiful gardens | Highlands, Skye | Our site Website |
Auchans Castle | 17 | A ruin | Highlands | Website |
Auchindoun Castle | 15 | Ruin, but nice | Grampians | Website |
Avondale Castle | 14 | Also called Strathaven Castle | Clyde | Website |
Ayton Castle | 19 | 19th c. castle on the east coast in the Borders | Borders | Our site Website |
Scottish castles, B | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Baldoon Castle | 17 | A ruin | Galloway, Wigtownshire | |
Balfour Castle | 19 | Is now a hotel | Orkney, Isle of Shapinsay | |
Balgonie Castle | 14 | Castle is inhabited, but a visit is possible | Fife | Website |
Balhousie Castle | 15 | Now a museum, free entrance | Perth | Website |
Balintore Castle | Dilapidated castle at Balintore, is now being restored | Angus | Our site Website |
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Ballencrieff Castle | 16 | East Lothian | ||
Ballinbreich Castle | 14 | Once impressive, now a ruin | Fife | Website |
Ballindalloch Castle | 16 | Well preserved castle | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Website |
Ballone Castle | 16 | Completely renovated castle on the east coast of the Highlands, near Tarbat | Highlands | Our site Website |
Balmoral Castle | 15 | Official Schottish residence of the royal family | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Website |
Baltersan Castle | 16 | Towerhouse | Ayrshire, Maybole | |
Balvaird Castle | 15 | Towerhouse | Perthshire | Website |
Balvenie Castle | 13 | Inhabited until 1720 | Grampians | Website |
Barcaldine Castle | 16 | Still inhabited and Bed &Breakfast | Argyll | Website Website |
Barholm Castle | 15 | Towerhouse | Galloway | Website |
Barr Castle | 15 | A ruin | Ayrshire | |
Barra Castle | 12 | Also called Kisimul Castle | Isle of Barra | Website |
Berriedale Castle | 15 | Almost nothing left | Highlands | Website |
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 | Our site Website |
Blairquhan Castle | 19 | Now an expensive hotel | Ayrshire | |
Blervie Castle | 16 | Highlands | ||
Bognie Castle | 17 | Also called Conzie Castle, a ruin now | Website | |
Bonskeid House | 19 | Castle along Loch Tummel | Our site Website |
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Borthwick Castle | 15 | Is now a hotel | bij Edinburgh | Website |
Bothwell Castle | 13 | The castle has never been finished | Clyde | Website |
Braemar Castle | 17 | The castle is totally renovated | Grampians | Our site Website Website |
Brahan Castle | 17 | In 1953, the castle was destroyed | Highlands, Dingwall | |
Branxholme Castle | 16 | Borders | ||
Brims Castle | 16 | Highlands, bij Thurso | Website | |
Brodick Castle | 13 | More a country house | Ayrshire | Website |
Brodie Castle | 16 | Well preserved | Grampians | Our site Website |
Broughty Castle | 15 | Museum | Perthshire | Website |
Buchanan Castle | 19 | Deteriorated | Argyll, Stirling | Website |
Burleigh Castle | A ruin | Perthshire | Website | |
Scottish castles, C | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Campbell Castle | 15 | Castle Campbell is a 15th century castle near Dollar in the Scottish region of Clackmannanshire. The castle was the headquarters of the Campbell clan from the late fifteenth century to the mid seventeenth century. | Clackmannanshire | Website |
Cadzow Castle | 16 | South Lanarkshire, Hamilton | Website Website |
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Caerlaverock Castle | 13 | Build around a triangular court | Galloway | Our site Website |
Caisteal a'Torr | Fortress from the Iron Age | Ayrshire | Website | |
Caisteal Maol | 15 | A ruin | Highlands, Skye | Website |
Calgary Castle | 19 | Now a holiday residence | Argyll, Mull | |
Caprington Castle | 15 | Ayrshire, Kilmarnock | Website | |
Carbisdale Castle | 20 | Now an inn with relatively many ghosts for such a young castle | Highlands, Sutherland | Our site |
Cardoness Castle | 15 | Ruins of a towerhouse | Galloway | Website |
Carn Liath | Broch (fortified tower) from the Iron Age | Highlands | Website | |
Carnassarie Castle | 16 | Towerhouse | Argyll | Website |
Carnell Castle | 15 | Ayrshire, bij Craigie | Website | |
Carrick Castle | 16 | Argyll | Website | |
Carrick Castle | 15 | Simple castle, is being renovated | Argyll | Website |
Carsluith Castle | 16 | Galloway | Creetown | |
Castle Campbell | 15 | Impressive ruins; originally called Castle Gloom | Argyll | Website |
Cawdor Castle | 14 | Well preserved | Highlands, Inverness-shire | Our site Website |
Cessnock Castle | 15 | Ayrshire, Galston | ||
Claypotts Castle | 16 | Closed to the public | Perthshire, bij Dundee | |
Collairnie Castle | 16 | Only the tower remains of a once much larger castle | Perthshire | Website |
Comlongon Castle | 14 | Now a hotel | Dumfriesshire | Website |
Corgarff Castle | 16 | The castle is restored in it's original condition | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Website |
Couston Castle | Renovated. King Charles I died here in 1666 | Fife, bij Aberdour | Website | |
Coxton Tower | 17 | Towerhouse | Grampians | Website |
Craig Castle | Ruin, castle of the clan Urquhart | Highlands, Ross-shire | ||
Craigend Castle | 19 | Located in the Mugdock Country Park | Greater Glasgow | |
Craighall Castle | 16 | Holiday castle | Perthshire | |
Craigievar Castle | 17 | Beautiful castle with all it's turrets | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Our site Website |
Craigmillar Castle | 15 | A ruin | bij Edinburgh | Website |
Craignethan Castle | 16 | Clyde | Website | |
Craignish Castle | 15 | Private property | Argyll | Website |
Craigston Castle | 17 | Belongs to the clan Urquhart | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | |
Crathes Castle | 16 | Beautiful small castle | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | |
Craufurdland Castle | 13 | Private property | Ayrshire, bij Kilmarnock | |
Crichton Castle | 15 | bij Edinburgh | Website | |
Crosbie Tower | 14 | Ayrshire | ||
Culcreuch Castle | 13 | Now a hotel | Argyll, Stirlingshire | Website |
Culzean Castle | 18 | Ayrshire, Maybole | ||
Scottish castles, D | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Dairsie Castle | 16 | Completely renovated and still inhabited | Fife | Website |
Dalcross Castle | 17 | Highlands, bij Inverness | ||
Dalhousie Castle | 13 | Hotel and restaurant | Bij Edinburgh | Website |
Dalkeith Castle | 12 | Lothian | ||
Dalnaglar Castle | 18 | Perthshire, bij Blairgowrie | Website | |
Dalquharran | 15 | 2 castles; one from the 15th c. and one from the 18th c. | Ayrshire, Girvan | Website |
Darnaway Castle | 13 | Highlands, Forres | ||
Dean Castle | 14 | Used to be called Kilmarnock Castle | Ayrshire, bij Kilmarnock | |
Delgatie Castle | 11 | Now a hotel | Highlands, Banffshire | Website Website |
Denmylne Tower | 16 | Fife | Website | |
Dirleton Castle | 13 | Very impressive castle | Lothians | Website |
Dornoch Castle | 13 | Now a hotel and restaurant | Highlands, Sutherland | Our site Website |
Douglas Castle | Also called Castle Dangerous | Lanarkshire | Website | |
Doune Castle | 14 | Location where Monthy Python and the Holy Grail was filmed | Argyll | Website |
Drochil Castle | 16 | A ruin | Bij Peebles | Website |
Drum Castle | 13 | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Our site Website |
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Drumlanrig Castle | 17 | Dumfriesshire | Website | |
Drummond Castle | 15 | Perthshire | Our site Website |
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Duart Castle | 13 | Argyll, Mull | Website | |
Duchal Castle | 14 | Ayrshire | ||
Dudhope Castle | 17 | Dundee | ||
Duffus Castle | 12 | A ruin | Grampians | Website |
Dumbarton Castle | 5 | The oldest part which has been preserved, dates back to the 14th century | Argyll | Website |
Dun a'Bhuilg | Beautiful area, but nothing left of the castle | Argyll | Website | |
Dun a'Chaisteal | Fortress from the Iron Age, inhabited 400 BC. - 1000 AD. | Argyll | Website | |
Dun Beag | Broch (fortified tower) from the Iron Age; was inhabited until the 18th c. | Highlands, Skye | Website | |
Dun Sgathaich Castle | Same as Dun Sqathaigh Castle | Highlands, Skye | Our site Website |
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Dun Telve | Broch (fortified tower), probably 1st c. AD | Highlands | Website | |
Dun Toiseach | A ruin | Argyll | Website | |
Dun Troddan | Broch (fortified tower), probably 1st c. BC | Highlands | Website | |
Dunans Castle | 19 | Was a hotel, burned down in 2001 | Argyll | |
Dunbar Castle | 12 | East Lothian | Website | |
Dunbeath Castle | 17 | Private property, still inhabited | Highlands | Website |
Dundas Castle | 19 | Now a luxurious estate | Bij Edinburgh | Website |
Dunderave Castle | An L-plan castle from the 16th century build as the seat of the MacNaughton clan. | Argyll | Website | |
Dundonald Castle | 14 | Before the present castle there had been build already 2 castles on this place which also had been destroyed. In prehistoric times there had been a fortress already. | Ayrshire | Website |
Dunduff Castle | 15 | Was a ruin but has been reconstructed | Ayrshire, bij Maybole | |
Dunnideer Castle | Almost nothing left of the castle; here also, a fortress had stood here in prehistoric times | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Website | |
Dunnottar Castle | 13 | The location is spectacular | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Our site Website |
Dunollie Castle | 12 | A ruin | Argyll, Oban | Website |
Dunoon Castle | 12 | Almost nothing left | Argyll | Website |
Dunphail Castle | 14 | We couldn't find a website about this castle | Highlands, Forres | |
Dunrobin Castle | 13 | Big castle, well preserved | Highlands | Our site Website |
Duns Castle | 14 | Now a hotel | Scottish Border | Website |
Dunstaffnage Castle | 13 | In faitly good state | Argyll | Our site Website |
Duntrune Castle | 17 | Argyll, bij Kilmartin | ||
Duntulm Castle | 17 | Build on an earlier broch | Highlands, Skye | Our site Website |
Dunure Castle | 15 | Ayrshire, bij Maybole | ||
Dunvegan Castle | 13 | Home of the clan Macleod since 1270 | Highlands, Skye | Our site Website |
Dunyvaig Castle | 16 | A ruin | Highlands, Isle of Islay | |
Dupplin Castle | Rebuild in the 20 c., now a hotel | Perthshire | ||
Scottish castles, E | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Earlshall Castle | 16 | Towerhouse | Fife | |
Eden Castle | 16 | A ruin | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | |
Edenshall Broch | Ruins of a broch | Galloway | Website | |
Edinample Castle | 16 | A beautiful small castle at Loch Earn | Stirlingshire | Our site Website |
Edinburgh Castle | Edinburgh | Our site Website Website Website |
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Edzell Castle | 15 | Oost Schotland, Forfar | ||
Eilean Donan Castle | 13 | Beautiful castle, especially by it's location | Highlands | Our site Website |
Elcho Castle | 16 | Website | ||
Erchless Castle | 14 | Towerhouse, now a hotel | Highlands, Inverness-shire | |
Esslemont Castle | 14 | A ruin | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Website |
Ethie Castle | 16 | Angus | Website | |
Scottish castles, F | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Falkland Palace | 16 | The oldest tennis court of the world belongs to this palace | Fife | Website |
Fasque Castle | 19 | Country house | Grampians | Website |
Fast Castle | 14 | Also known as Castle Knowe. The oldest mention of the castle is from 1333 but perhaps the castle was already there before that time. It is now a ruin and stands on a small rock island. It is located 10 km north of Eyemouth and there is a 1.5 km hiking trail from Dowlaw Road. | The Borders | Website |
Fenton Tower | 12 | Completely renovated and now a 5-star hotel | East Lothian | Website |
Fernie Castle | 14 | Now a hotel | Fife | |
Ferniehirst Castle | 16 | Borders, Jedburgh | ||
Fincharn Castle | A ruin | Argyll, Loch Awe | Website | |
Findlater Castle | 14 | A ruin | Grampians | |
Floors Castle | 18 | Largest castle in Scotland which is still inhabited | Scottish Borders, Kelso | Website |
Forbes Castle | 19 | Private Guest House | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | |
Fordyce Castle | 16 | Highlands, Banffshire | Website | |
Forglen House | The original castle, built around 1346, was replaced by a vernacular harled house that was later extended. | Aberdeenshire | Website Website |
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Foulis Castle | 12 | Easter Ross, Evanton | Website | |
Fraser Castle | 16 | Well preserved castle | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Our site |
Fulton Tower | 16 | A ruin | Scottish Borders, Jedburgh | Website |
Fyvie Castle | 15 | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Our site Website |
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Scottish castles, G | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Gilbertfield Castle | 16 | Towerhouse, ruin | South Lanarkshire | |
Gilnockie Tower | 16 | Towerhouse | Dumfries-shire | Website Website |
Girnigoe Castle | 15 | Near Sinclair Castle; it is not clear if there were 1 or 2 different castles | Highlands | Website |
Glamis Castle | 14 | In the private ownership of the Earl of Strathmore | Glamis, bij Dundee | Website |
Glenapp Castle | 19 | Now a hotel | Ayrshire, Ballantrae | Website |
Glenbuchat Castle | 16 | Also called Glenbucket, ruins | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Our site Website |
Glendevon Castle | 18 | Perthshire | ||
Glengarry Castle | Country house, now a hotel | Highlands, Loch Oich | Website | |
Glengorm Castle | 19 | Selfcatering, Bed and Breakfast | Argyll, Mull | |
Grant Castle | 15 | Grampians | Our site Website |
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Greenan Castle | 16 | Towerhouse | Ayrshire | |
Guthrie Castle | 15 | Angus | Website | |
Gylen Castle | 16 | A ruin | Ayrshire, Isle of Kerrera | |
Scottish castles, H | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Haggs Castle | 16 | Probably there was an older castle here from the 13th century | Bij Glasgow | |
Hailes Castle | 13 | A ruin | Lothians | |
Hermitage Castle | 13 | Well known for its ghosts | Scottish Borders | |
Hume Castle | 13 | The castle was totally rebuild in the 16th century | Scottish Borders | Website |
Hunterston | 13 | Ayrshire | ||
Hunting Tower Castle | 17 | Both towers were there before but it was only in the 17th century that they were connected and rebuild into a castle | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Website |
Huntly Castle | 13 | Also called Strathbogie | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Our site Website |
Scottish castles, I | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Innis Chonnel Castle | 13 | Closed to the public | Argyll | Website |
Inveraray Castle | 18 | Recent castle, well preserved | Argyll | Our site Website |
Castle of Invercauld | 16 | Now a luxurious hotel / guesthouse | Braemar, Aberdeenshire | |
Invergarry Castle | 17 | A ruin | Highlands, Inverness-shire | |
Inverlochy Castle | 13 | The newer castle is a hotel, the old one a ruin | Highlands, Inverness-shire | Our site Website |
Invermark Castle | 16 | A ruin | Angus, Glen Esk | Website |
Inverness Castle | 19 | Highlands, Inverness | Our site Website |
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Scottish castles, J | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Johnstone Castle | Chopin once stayed here | Clyde | Website | |
Scottish castles, K | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Kames Castle | 14 | Self catering cottages present | Highlands, Isle of Bute | |
Keiss Castle | 17 | A ruin | Highlands | Website |
Kelburn Castle | 13 | Now a hotel | North Ayrshire / Clyde | Website |
Kellie Castle | 14 | Nice castle gardens | Fife | |
Castle Kennedy | Ruin, burned down in 1716; quite nice to see | Galloway | Website | |
Kilbirnie Place | Ayrshire | |||
Kilchurn Castle | 17 | A ruin, but quite nice | Argyll | Our site Website Website |
Kilcoy Castle | 14 | MacKenzie castle | Ross | |
Kildonan Tower | 14 | A ruin | Ayrshire, Arran | Website |
Kildrummy Castle | 13 | Must have been impressive once, now a ruin | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Website |
Killochan | 6 | 16th c. L-plan towerhouse | Girvan, Ayrshire | Website |
Kilmartin Manor | 16 | Towerhouse | Argyll | Website |
Kilmory Castle | Argyll | |||
Kilravock Castle | 15 | Now a large Bed & Breakfast | Highlands, Inverness-shire | Website |
Kincardine Castle | 12 | Old ruin and a Victorian country house | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Website Website |
Kindrochit Castle | 11 | Former head quarters of the kings, now a ruin | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Website |
Kinfauns Castle | 14 | Now a hotel | Perthshire, bij Perth | |
Kingencleugh Castle | 17 | A ruin | Ayrshire | |
Kinloch Castle | 19 | Isle of Rum | ||
Kinlochaline Castle | 14 | Renovated, but closed to the public | Morvern | Website |
Kinnaird Castle | 15 | Angus | Website | |
Kinnaird Head Castle | 15 | Lighthouse and a museum | Fraserburgh | Website |
Kirkconnell Tower | 16 | Dumfries | Website | |
Kisimul Castle | 12 | Also called Barra Castle | Isle of Barra | Website |
Knock Castle | 15 | Also called Caisteal Camus | Highlands, Skye | Our site Website |
Knockamillie Castle | 15 | Only 1 wall still stands | Argyll | Website |
Scottish castles, L | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Lachlan Castle | 13 | Argyll | Website | |
Lauriston Castle | 16 | Edinburgh | Website | |
Law Castle | 15 | Towerhouse | West Kilbride | Website |
Leith Hall | 17 | Amusing country house/castle | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Our site Website |
Castle Leod | 17 | House of the clan MacKenzie | Strathpeffer | |
Leslie Castle | Closed to the public | Aberdeenshire, Leslie | ||
Lethendy Tower | 16 | Very luxurious guest house | Pertshire | |
Castle Levan | 14 | Bed & Breakfast | Renfrewshire | Website |
Lews Castle | 19 | Fake Tudor castle | Western Isles, Stornoway | Website |
Liberton Tower | 15 | Renovated | Edinburgh | |
Linlithgow Palace | Castle where Mary, Queen of Scots was born | Our site Website |
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Lochdoon Castle | 13 | Due to the building of a dam, the castle has been relocated, stone by stone | Ayrshire, Loch Doon | |
Lochdore Castle | 15 | A ruin | Bij Loch Leven | |
Lochhouse Tower | 16 | A ruin | Dumfriesshire, Moffat | |
Lochindorb Castle | 13 | A ruin | Highlands, bij Grantown-on-Spey | Our site Website |
Lochleven Castle | 13 | bij Kinross | ||
Lochmaben Castle | 12 | Dumfriesshire | ||
Lochnaw Castle | 16 | Galloway, bij Stranraer | ||
Lochranza Castle | 14 | Hunting lodge for the Scottish kings | Ayrshire, Arran | Website |
Lochwood Tower or Castle | 15 | A ruin | Dumfries-shire, Moffat | |
Lordscairnie Castle | 15 | Towerhouse | Fife | Website |
Loudoun Castle | 15 | Now a themepark | Ayrshire, bij Kilmarnock | |
Luffness Castle | 13 | Originally a Norman fortress, now a hotel | East Lothian | |
Scottish castles, M | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
MacLellan's Castle | 16 | Probabbly, the Towerhouse has never been finished | Dumfries | Website |
Maol Caisteal | 15 | Also look above, Caisteal Maol | Highlands, Isle of Skye | Our site Website |
Mauchline Castle | 15 | Ayrshire | ||
Maybole Castle | 17 | Ayrshire, bij Maybole | Our site Website |
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Melville Castle | 12 | Melville Castle is a unique, family run hotel located 6 miles from Edinburgh city centre. Offering charming accommodation, an atmospheric restaurant, enchanting weddings and quality corporate events. | Edinburgh | Website |
Menzies Castle | 16 | Pertshire, Aberfeldy | Aberfeldy | Our site Website |
Merchiston Castle | 15 | Now part of a school | Bij Edinburgh | Website |
Castle of Mey | 16 | Open 1 day a year | Highlands, bij Caithness | Our site Website |
Midhope Castle | 16 | West Lothian | ||
Mingary Castle | 14 | Highlands, Ardnamurchan | Our site Website |
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Moniack Castle | 17 | They make wine here, out of everything except graves! | Highlands, Beaully | Our site Website |
Morton Castle | 15 | Ruin, traces of an earlier castle | Dumfries | |
Moy Castle | 15 | Argyll, Mull | Website | |
Muchalls Castle | 17 | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | ||
Mugdock Castle | 14 | Situated in the Mugdock Country Park | Greater Glasgow | |
Myres Castle | 16 | Now a hotel | Fife | |
Scottish castles, N | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Neidpath Castle | 14 | Scottish Borders | ||
Newark Castle | 12 | Also called Castle of St Monance | ||
Newark Castle | 15 | Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, PA14 5NH, open to public | Port Glasgow | Website |
Newark Castle | Newark, AYR, Ayrshire, KA7 4ED, private property and closed to the public | Ayrshire | ||
Newbattle Castle | 16 | Near Dalkeith | Website | |
Newmilns Tower | 16 | Ayrshire | ||
Scottish castles, O | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Orchardton Tower | 15 | Dumfries | Website | |
Ormacleit Castle | 18 | Closed to the public | Isle of South Uist | |
Scottish castles, P | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Park Castle | Galloway, bij Stranraer | |||
Castle of Park | 16 | Now a hotel | Highlands, Banff | |
Peel Ring of Lumphanan | 12 | Almost nothing left | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Website |
Penkill Castle | 15 | Ayrshire, bij Girvan | ||
Pitfichie Castle | 16 | Now a self-catering hotel | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | |
Pitreavie Castle | 17 | Headquarters of the navy for a long time in de 20th century | Fife, bij Dunfermline | |
Pitsligo Castle | 15 | A ruin | Bij Fraserburgh | |
Plane Tower | 15 | Also called Cock-a-Bendy Castle or Plean Castle | Argyll, bij Stirling | |
Portencross Castle | 15 | Once a resting place for Robert the Bruce | Ayrshire | Website |
Scottish castles, R | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Rait Castle | 13 | A ruin | Highlands, Inverness-shire | Website |
Ravenscraig Castle | 15 | Fife | Website | |
Ravenstone Castle | 16 | There are plans to restaurate it... | Galloway, bij Wigtown | |
Red Castle | 13 | A ruin | Bij Montrose | |
Rosyth Castle | 13 | Fife, bij Dunfermline | ||
Rothes Castle | 13 | Highlands, bij Elgin | Website | |
Rothesay Castle | 12 | Argyll, Butte | ||
Rowallan Castle | 16 | Ayrshire, bij Kilmarnock | ||
Roxburgh Castle | 12 | Scottish Borders, Kelso | Website | |
Roy Castle | 13 | Castle Roy, also called Redcastle, is not much more than a ruin | Our site Website |
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Rumgally House | 14 | Now a hotel | Fife, bij St. Andrews | |
Ruthven Barracks | 14 | Nothing is left of the original castle | Our site Website |
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Scottish castles, S | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Saddell Castle | 16 | Self-catering hotel | East Kintyre | |
Saltcoats Castle | 16 | A ruin | Lothians | Website |
Sanquhar Castle | 13 | A ruin | Dumfries | |
Scotstarvit Tower | 15 | Towerhouse | Fife | Website |
Sinclair Castle | 15 | Next to Girnicoe Castle | Highlands | Website |
Skelbo Castle | 14 | A ruin | Highlands | Website |
Skibo Castle | 12 | Madonna married her in 2000 | Highlands, Inverness-shire | Website |
Skipness Castle | 13 | Fortress against the Vikings | Argyll | Website |
Slains Castle | 16 | The place wehere Bram Stoker devised the story of Dracula; nearby is an older castle | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Website |
Smailholm Tower | 16 | Scottish Borders, Kelso | Website | |
Sorbie Tower | 17 | Galloway | ||
Sorn Castle | 14 | Ayrshire, bij Mauchline | ||
Spynie Palace | 13 | The castle was build as a palce for a bishop; the accompanying cathedral has vanished | Grampian | Website |
St. Andrews Castle | 12 | A ruin | Fife, St. Andrews | Website |
Stalker Castle | 16 | The castle has been renovated | Argyll | Our site Website |
Stirling Castle | 12 | This castle played an important role in Scottish history and in the struggle against the English | Argyll, Stirling | Our site Website |
Strathaven Castle | 14 | Also called Avondale Castle | Clyde | Website |
Strome Castle | 15 | A ruin | Highlands, Loch Carron | Our site Website |
Stuart Castle | 17 | Now a hotel and Bed & Breakfast | Highlands, Inverness-shire | Our site Website |
Sundrum Castle | 14 | Now a hotel | Ayrshire, Arran | Website |
Sween Castle | 12 | Argyll, Kintyre | Website | |
Scottish castles, T | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Tantallon Castle | 14 | Lothians | ||
Tarbert Castle | 13 | Here (they say) the Vikings (Magnus Barefoot) landed | Argyll,Tarbert | |
Taymouth Castle | 19 | Victorian castle, build next to the 16th century Balloch Castle | Kenmore, Perthshire | Our site Website |
Terringzean Castle | 15 | A ruin | Ayrshire, bij Cumnock | |
Thirlestane Castle | 16 | In the 13th century the first fortress was build here | Scottish Borders | |
Thomaston Castle | 13 | Towerhouse | Ayrshire, bij Maybole | |
Threave Castle | 14 | An earlier castle was destroyed by Robert the Bruce in 1308 | Galloway | |
Thurso Castle | 17 | Castle ruin in the Highlands | Highlands | Our site Website |
Tioram Castle | 13 | Beautiful ruin on a cliff | Highlands, Inverness-shire | Our site Website |
Tolquhoun Castle | 15 | The greater part has been build in later times | Grampians, Aberdeenshire | Website |
Torosay Castle | 19 | Victorian country house | Argyll, Isle of Mull | |
Torrisdale Castle | 19 | Selfcatering cottages present | Argyll, Mull of Kintyre | |
Toward Castle | 15 | A ruin | Argyll | Website |
Traquair House | 12 | Famous by the many visits of the royal family | bij Peebles | Website |
Tullibole Castle | 17 | This small castle is still inhabited | Pertshire | |
Tulloch Castle | 12 | Now a hotel | Highlands, bij Dingwall | |
Turnberry Castle | 12 | Nothing left, only a lighthouse is standing there now | Ayrshire | Website |
Scottish castles, U | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Urquhart Castle | 13 | A very nice ruin on a beautiful spot; probably there were fortresses here since 2.000 BC. | Highlands, Loch Ness | Our site Website |
Scottish castles, V | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Venlaw Castle | 18 | Large country house | bij Peebles | Website |
Scottish castles, W | ||||
Name | Century | Region | Website | |
Wedderburn Castle | 14 | East Lothian | Website Website |
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(Old) Wick Castle | 12 | Ruin, one of the oldest fortresses whne the Normans ruled this area from the Orkney islands | Highlands bij Wick | Website |