Castles in Scotland

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Castles in Scotland

  • Description of Castles in Scotland

  • Information & Facts about Castles in Scotland

  • List of of Castles in Scotland

  • List of Castles in Scotland and Locations

  • Eilean Donan - Stirling - Balmoral - Edinburgh

  • Sween - Bothwell - Dirleton - Alloa Tower - Craigmillar - Tolquhon - Eilean Donan

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Castle Hotels in Scotland
There are many castles in Scotland which have been renovated and are now operating as hotels, including the famous Culzean Castle or Skibo Castle. Details of these castle hotels in Scotland can be accessed from the following link:

Castle Hotels in Scotland

List of Castles in Scotland and Locations
The following list of Castles in Scotland is not exhaustive but indicates the vast range of Medieval and Renaissance castles and ruins that can be found in Scotland including the Tower House Castles, L Shaped Castles and the romantic fairy tale castles. The century that the castles were built indicates the probable style and architecture of the castle which is detailed on the Scottish Castles page.

Castles in Scotland and Locations

Name of Castles in Scotland

Century

Description of Castles in Scotland
Aberdour Castle11thAberdour, Fife - built in the 11th century
Alloa Tower14thAlloa in central Scotland
Ballindalloch Castle16thBallindalloch, Banffshire, Northern Scotland
Balgonie Castle14thGlenrothes, Fife, Scotland
Balmoral14thAberdeenshire, Scotland
Balvenie Castle13thDufftown, Moray, Northern Scotland
Bedlay16thNorth Lanarkshire, Scotland
Braemar Castle16thAberdeenshire, Scotland
Brodie 16thMoray region of Scotland
Brodick Castle Brodick, Isle of Arran, Scotland
Bardowie16thEast Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Blackness Castle15thBlackness, Scotland, overlooking the Firth of Forth
Bothwell Castle13thSouth Lanarkshire, Scotland
Brechin 13thBrechin, Angus, Scotland
Broughty Castle15thBroughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland
Caerlaverock 11thCaerlaverock, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway
Cardoness Castle15thGatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries & Galloway
Carnasserie16thArgyll and Bute, western Scotland
Castle Campbell15thCentral Scotland
Castle Fraser15thSauchen, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
Castle Stalker15thAppin, Argyll & Bute
Castle of St. John16thStranraer, in Dumfries and Galloway
Claypotts16thBroughty Ferry, Dundee
Closeburn14thDumfries and Galloway
Comlongon Castle15thClarencefield, Dumfries
Corgarff 16thStrathdon, Aberdeenshire
Craigievar16thAlford, Aberdeenshire
Craigmillar Castle14thCraigmillar Castle Road, Edinburgh
Crathes Castle16thBanchory, Aberdeenshire
Crichton14thCrichton, Pathhead, Midlothian
Culzean Castle18thMaybole, Carrick, Ayrshire
Dalhousie15thBonnyrigg, south of Edinburgh
Dean Castle15thDean Castle Country Park in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
Delgatie Castle16thTurriff, in Aberdeenshire
Dirleton13thDirleton, North Berwick, East Lothian
Doune Castle14thDoune, Stirling
Drum13thBanchory, Aberdeenshire
Drumlanrig Castle17thThornhill, in Dumfries and Galloway
Duart Castle13thIsle of Mull
Dudhope13thDundee, Scotland
Dunans18thGlendaruel in the Argyll and Bute
Dunnottar Castle13thStonehaven, Aberdeenshire
Dunstaffnage Castle13thArgyll and Bute
Duntrune Castle12thAcross Loch Crinan from the village of Crinan, Argyll, Scotland
Edinburgh Castle12thEdinburgh
Eilean Donan11thDornie, by Kyle of Lochalsh
Elcho Castle16thPerth, Scotland
Falkland Palace13thFalkland, Cupar, Fife
Finavon17thForfar in Angus
Castle Fraser16thSauchen, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire
Foulis14thHighland area of northern Scotland
Fyvie Castle13thFyvie, Turriff, Aberdeenshire
Glamis Glamis
Gylen Castle16th Kerrera in Argyll and Bute
Haggs Castle16thPollokshields, in Glasgow
Hailes13thEast Linton, East Lothian
Huntingtower Castle13thHuntingtowerfield, Perth, Perth & Kinross
Huntly Castle15thHuntly, Aberdeenshire
Inveraray18thWestern Scotland
Inverness Castle19thOverlooking the River Ness, in Inverness
Kames14thIsle of Bute
Kerelaw Castle West coast of Ayrshire
Kellie Castle16thPittenweem, Fife
Kilchurn15thNear Lochawe, Argyll & Bute
Kilmory Castle19thArgyll and Bute
Kinloch19thIsle of Rum
Kisimul Castle11thCastlebay on Barra, an island of the Outer Hebrides
Lauriston19thFirth of Forth, in Edinburgh
Law Castle15thLaw Hill in West Kilbride
Lews19thStornoway, Isle of Lewis
Linlithgow Palace14thKirkgate, Linlithgow, West Lothian
Lochranza Castle13thIsle of Arran
Luffness13thLuffness, Aberlady, East Lothian, Scotland
Mains Castle16thDundee
Methven17thMethven, in Perth and Kinross
Morton Castle14thNear Carronbridge, Thornhill, Dumfries & Galloway
Muchalls Castle13thKincardine and Mearns, Aberdeenshire
Newark15thPort Glasgow, Inverclyde
Portencross Castle14thWest Kilbride
Powrie Castle16thDundee
Roslin Castle (aka Rosslyn) Castle14thRoslin in Midlothian
Rothesay Castle13thIsle of Bute
St Andrews Castle14thThe Scores, St Andrews, Fife
Castle Stalker15thAppin, Argyll & Bute
Castle Sween14thLoch Sween, near Tarbert, on the Kintyre peninsula
Skibo Castle12thDornoch in Sutherland, Highland
Stirling12thEsplanade, Stirling
Tantallon14thNorth Berwick, East Lothian
Teaninich16thRoss and Cromarty
Threave14thNear Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway
Tioram Castle13thCul Doirlinn, Acharacle, Highland
Tolquhon15thTarves, Ellon, Aberdeenshire
Urquhart 11thDrumnadrochit, Inverness
Wemyss13thWest Wemyss in Fife
Whittingehame15thEast Lothian
The Goblin Ha' or Hobgobin Ha'(Goblin Hall)11thGifford in East Lothian

Castles in Scotland and Locations

Name of Castles in Scotland Description of Castles in Scotland

List of Castles in Scotland and Locations
The above list of Castles in Scotland is not exhaustive but indicates the vast range of Medieval Castles and Renaissance castles that can be found in Scotland.

Castles in Scotland
The Castles in Scotland include some of the oldest and most famous castles in the World. The building of the magnificent Stone Castles in Scotland started in the 11th century after the Norman invasion of England.  These magnificent Castles in Scotland took considerable time to build, requiring a significant labour force,  and they were expensive. The location of the stone castles in Scotland were carefully chosen for the most advantageous political and military purposes. Many castles in Scotland were built on the sites of existing fortresses and abbeys. For details of the architecture and building of Castles in Scotland please click the following link:

Scottish Castles
 

Castles in Scotland

Top 10 List of Castles in Scotland

  • Castles in Scotland - Eilean Donan

  • Castles - Stirling

  • Castles - Balmoral

  • Castles - Edinburgh

  • Castles - Sween - the oldest standing castle in Scotland

  • Castles in Scotland - Bothwell

  • Castles - Dirleton

  • Castles - Alloa Tower

  • Castles - Craigmillar

  • Castles in Scotland - Tolquhon

Top 10 List of Castles in Scotland
 

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