List of castles in Scotland

Further information: Scottish castles

This list of castles in Scotland is a link page for any castles in Scotland.

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages. Scholars debate the scope of the word "castle", but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a fortress, which was not a home, although this distinction is not absolute and the same structure may have had different uses from time to time. The term has been popularly applied to structures as diverse as hill forts and country houses. Over the approximately 900 years that castles were built they took on a great many forms.

In Scotland, earlier fortifications had included hill forts, brochs, and duns; and many castles were on the site of these earlier buildings. The first castles were built in Scotland in the 11th and 12th centuries, with the introduction of Anglo-Norman influence. These motte and bailey castles were replaced with the first stone-built castles from around 1200.

By the late 14th century, the large curtain-walled castles had begun to give way to more modest tower houses – vertical dwellings with less formidable defences. This type of vertical house continued to be popular with Scotland's landowning class through to the late 17th century, when classical architecture made its first appearance in the country. Meanwhile the advance of artillery pressed military engineers to devise stronger fortifications for important royal strongholds.

Tower houses and castles were often given painted ceilings and decorative plasterwork in the 16th and 17th centuries, employing distinctive national styles. In the late 18th century, forms found in medieval Scottish architecture were revived and castle-style houses were constructed. These "castles" had no defensive capability, but drew on military and tower-house architecture for their decorative details. This architectural trend culminated in the Scottish Baronial style of the 19th century.

There have been well over two thousand castles in Scotland, although many are known only through historical records. They are found in all parts of the country although tower houses and peel towers are concentrated along the border with England, while the best examples of larger Renaissance-era tower houses are clustered in the north-east. There is some discussion about whether Scottish castles can be considered to be "true" castles, although this discussion is mainly focused around opinions held by some scholars as per the exact scope of the word castle.

Aberdeenshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Aberdeen Castle	Unknown	13th century	No remains	N/A	Aberdeen NJ945064	Destroyed June 1308
Abergeldie Castle	Tower house	About 1550	Preserved	Gordon family	Near Crathie	Leased to the Royal Family 1848–1970
Banff Castle	Unknown	12th century	No remains	N/A	Banff
Balmoral Castle	Baronial house	1856	In use as a residence	Private residence of The Queen	Royal Deeside NO254950	On the site of a 15th-century castle
Balquhain Castle	Tower house	14th century	Ruin		West of Inverurie NJ7315923603	Visited by Mary, Queen of Scots
Birse Castle	Baronial house	1911	Restored as a residence	Private	Forest of Birse NO520906	Rebuilt 1911
Bognie Castle	Tower house	1660s	Ruined	Private	Huntly NJ595450	Also known as Conzie Castle
Braemar Castle	Tower house	17th century	Preserved	Owned by the Farquharsons of Invercauld and managed by Braemar Community Ltd.	Braemar NO155923
Cairnbulg Castle	Z-plan tower house	14th century	In use as a residence	Lady Saltoun	Cairnbulg NK015639	Restored in the 19th century. Also known as Philorth Castle. One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle.
Cluny Castle	Z-plan castle	c. 1604	In use as a residence	Private	South of Monymusk NJ6943412038
Corgarff Castle	Tower house	c. 1550	Preserved	Historic Scotland	Strathdon NJ254086
Craigievar Castle	Tower house	1626	Preserved	NTS	Alford NJ556093	decorative plasterwork
Craigston Castle	Tower house	1607	In use as a residence	Private	Turriff NJ762550
Crathes Castle	Tower house	1596	Preserved	NTS	Banchory NO735967	painted ceilings
Delgatie Castle	Tower house	1579	Preserved	Delgatie Castle Trust	Turriff NJ754505	painted ceilings
Drum Castle	Tower house with additions	13th century, 16th century	Preserved	NTS	Drumoak NJ796005
Drumtochty Castle	Castellated house	1812	Occupied	Private	Auchenblae NO699800
Dundarg Castle		14th century, rebuilt 16th century	Ruined	Private	New Aberdour NJ895648	One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Dunnideer Castle	Tower house	c. 1260	Ruined	Private	Insch NJ613282
Dunnottar Castle	Courtyard castle	16th century	Ruined	Private	Stonehaven NO880838
Eden Castle	Z-plan tower house	1577	Ruined	Private	Banff NJ697587
Esslemont Castle	Tower house	14th century or earlier	Ruined	Private	Ellon NJ932298
Fasque Castle	Baronial house	1809	Occupied	Private	Fettercairn NO648756
Fedderate Castle	L-plan tower house	1257	Ruined		Near New Deer
Fetteresso Castle	Castellated house	1761	Occupied as flats	Private	Stonehaven NO841855	Originally a 14th-century tower house
Findlater Castle	Courtyard castle	14th century	Ruined	Private	Sandend NJ540671
Castle Forbes	Castellated house	1815	Occupied as a residence	Chief of Clan Forbes	Alford NJ621191
Castle Fraser	Z-plan tower house	1636	Preserved	NTS	Inverurie NJ722125
Fyvie Castle	Tower house	13th century with additions	Preserved	NTS	Fyvie NJ763393	Most of the current structure (including the beautiful gatehouse) dates to the late 14th through late 16th century
Glenbuchat Castle	Z-plan tower house	1590	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Kildrummy NJ397148
Huntly Castle	L-plan tower house	15th to 17th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Huntly NJ532408	decorative plasterwork
Inchdrewer Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Private	South-west of Banff NJ6550560672
Inverallochy Castle	Courtyard castle	13th century	Ruined		Inverallochy NK040628	One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Invercauld Castle	Baronial house	18th century	In use as accommodation	Private	Royal Deeside NO173924
Inverugie Castle	Motte and bailey	12th century	Ruined		Inverugie NK102482
Kildrummy Castle	Castle of enceinte	Mid to late 13th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Kildrummy NJ451165
Kincardine Castle	Baronial house	19th century	In use as a residence	Private	Royal Deeside NN928093	14th century ruin nearby
Kinnaird Castle	Tower house	1570	In use as a lighthouse	Northern Lighthouse Board	Fraserburgh NJ998675	Now the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, one of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Kinnairdy Castle	Tower house	14th and 16th centuries	In use as accommodation	Private	Aberchirder NJ609497
Kindrochit Castle	Keep	14th century	Ruined		Braemar NO151913	Founded by Malcolm Canmore in 1059
Knock Castle	Tower house	Around 1600	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Ballater NO352951
Knockhall Castle	Tower house	1565	Ruined		Near Newburgh, Aberdeenshire
Lauriston Castle	Courtyard castle with later additions	13th century	Still used as a residence	Private	St Cyrus NO761666
Leslie Castle	Tower house	14th century	Restored as a residence	Private	Leslie NJ599248
Lonmay Castle	Motte?	Before 1720	No remains	N/A	Crimond NK061608	One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Muchalls Castle	L-plan tower house	13th and 17th century	In use	House of Burnett	Muchalls NO892918
Castle Newe	Z-plan tower house	1831	No remains	N/A	Strathdon NJ378122	Incorporates a tower from 1604
Castle of Park			In use as a residence	Private	Cornhill NJ588571
Pitsligo Castle	Keep	1424	Ruined		Rosehearty NJ937670	Also known as Pitsligo Palace, one of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Pittulie Castle		16th century	Ruined		Rosehearty NJ944670	One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Castle of Rattray	Motte	From 12th century	No remains	N/A	Rattray NK088578	One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Ravenscraig Castle	L-plan tower house	15th century			Inverugie NK095487
Slains Castle	Tower house, rebuilt as castellated house	1597, rebuilt 1837	Ruined	Private	Cruden Bay NK101361	"New" Slains Castle
Slains Castle	Tower house	13th century	Ruined		Collieston NK052300	"Old" Slains Castle, destroyed 1594
Terpersie Castle	Z-plan tower house	1561	Restored	Private	Alford NJ546202
Tolquhon Castle	Courtyard castle	1589	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Pitmedden NJ872286
Udny Castle	Tower house	14-15th century		Private	North east of Udny Green NJ882268
Westhall Castle	L-plan tower house	16th century		Private	Insch NJ673266

Angus

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Affleck Castle	L-plan tower house	15th century	In use as a residence	Private	Monikie NO494388
Airlie Castle	Country house	1793	In use as a residence	Private	Alyth NO292521
Balfour Castle	Baronial house	c. 16th century	Ruined	Private	Balfour Mains NO33775460
Balintore Castle	Sporting Lodge	c. 19th century	Under restoration	Private	NO290590
Ballumbie Castle	Courtyard castle	c. 15th century	Ruined	Private	NO44643448
Brechin Castle	Country house	1709	In use as a residence	Earl of Dalhousie	Brechin NO597599
Careston Castle	Country house	17th-19th century			Careston NO530598
Colliston Castle	Z-plan tower house	1545	Occupied		Arbroath NO612464	On hire as a venue for receptions
Cortachy Castle	Z-plan courtyard castle	16th century, 19th century		Earl of Airlie	Kirriemuir NO397595
Dundee Castle		c. 13th century	No remains	N/A	Dundee NO404302	Location recorded in the name of Castle Street, Dundee
Edzell Castle	Courtyard castle	16th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Edzell NO584691	Includes a unique Renaissance garden
Ethie Castle		14th century and later	In use as a hotel	Private	Inverkeilor NO687468
Farnell Castle		16th century			Farnell NO624555
Finavon Castle	Baronial house	1856	In use as a residence	Private	Finavon NO494564	Ruined earlier castle nearby
Forfar Castle		11th century	No remains	N/A	Forfar NO456508	Location recorded in the name of Castle Street, Forfar
Glamis Castle	Baronial house	14th century	In use as a residence	Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne	Glamis NO384479
Guthrie Castle	Baronial house	1848	In use as a residence	Private	Guthrie NO562504	Incorporates earlier structure
Hatton Castle	Z-plan tower house	1575	Restored as a residence	Private	Newtyle NO302411
Invermark Castle	Tower house	1526	Ruined	Private	Glen Mark NO442806
Inverquharity Castle	L-plan tower house	1440s	Restored as a residence	Private	Kirriemuir NO411579	An attached wing dates to the sixteenth century, but was rebuilt in the twentieth century
Kinnaird Castle	Castellated mansion	1855	In use as a residence	Earl of Southesk	Brechin NO634571	Incorporates earlier structure
Melgund Castle	Tower house	16th century	Restored as a residence	Private	Aberlemno NO545563
Montrose Castle		12th century	No remains	N/A	Montrose, Angus NO710573
Red Castle	Tower house	15th century	Ruined		Inverkeilor NO688510

Argyll and Bute

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Achallader Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined		3.5 miles north of Bridge of Orchy
Ardencaple Castle		12th century	Demolished	Royal Navy	1.6 km from Helensburgh
Aros Castle		13th century	Ruined		Isle of Mull, 2 km north of Salen
Barcaldine Castle	Tower house	17th century	In use as a hotel		Loch Creran near Oban
Calgary Castle	Castellated house	19th century			Calgary, Isle of Mull
Carnasserie Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland
Carrick Castle	Tower House	15th century	Ruined, undergoing restoration	Private	Argyll
Claig Castle		Before 17th century	Foundation Ruins		Isle of Fraoch Eilean
Craignish Castle	Baronial House	16th century or earlier	Rebuilt	Private	Adfern	see Craignish
Duart Castle		13th century	Restored	Chief of Clan Maclean	Isle of Mull
Dunans Castle	Baronial house	1860	Partially restored	Private	Glendaruel
Dunaverty Castle		13th century	Ruined		Kintyre
Dundarave Castle	L-plan tower house	16th century		Chief of Clan MacNaghten	5 km northeast of Inveraray
Dunollie Castle	Tower house	13th century	Ruined		Oban
Dunstaffnage Castle	Castle of enceinte	c. 1220	Ruined	Historic Scotland		Almost entirely 13th century, although the upper gatehouse is late 15th century
Duntrune Castle	Tower house	13th century	Still in use as a residence	Chief of Clan Malcolm	Argyll	The tower house is a 17th-century addition
Dunyvaig Castle	Courtyard castle	13th century	Ruined		Islay
Fincharn Castle		1240	Ruined		Shore of Loch Awe
Glengorm Castle		1860	In use as a hotel and venue		6 km north of Tobermory
Gylen Castle	Tower house	1582	Ruined		Kerrera
Innes Chonnel Castle		13th century	Ruined		Loch Awe
Inveraray Castle	Castellated house	1746	Still in use as a residence	Duke of Argyll	Inveraray
Kames Castle	Tower house	14th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	Isle of Bute
Kilchurn Castle	Tower house	15th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Loch Awe
Kilmahew Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Roman Catholic Church	Cardross
Kilmartin Castle	Z-plan tower house	16th century	Restored
Kilmory Castle	Castellated house	19th century	In use as offices	Argyll County Council	Lochgilphead
Castle Lachlan	Country house	1790			Strathlachlan
Old Castle Lachlan		15th century	Ruined		Loch Fyne
Minard Castle	Castellated house	19th century			Loch Fyne
Moy Castle		15th century	Ruined		Near Lochbuie, Mull
Rothesay Castle	Shell keep	13th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Rothesay
Saddell Castle	Tower house	16th century	Restored	Landmark Trust	Shore of Kilbrannan Sound	See Saddell
Skipness Castle		13th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Skipness
Castle Stalker	Tower house	15th century	Restored	Private	Loch Laich	Seen in Monty Python and the Holy Grail as "Castle Aaaaarrrrrrggghhh"
Castle Sween		12th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Eastern shore of Loch Sween
Tarbert Castle		Pre-13th century			South shore of East Loch Tarbert
Torosay Castle	Baronial house	1858	Unoccupied residence	Private	Isle of Mull
Torrisdale Castle		1815	In use as a residence	Private	Torrisdale
Castle Toward	Baronial house	1940	In use as education centre	Argyll and Bute Council	Argyll

Clackmannanshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Alloa Tower	Tower house	14th century	Preserved	NTS	Alloa NS888925
Broomhall Castle	Baronial house	1874	In use as a hotel	Private	Menstrie NS854971
Clackmannan Tower	Tower house	14th century, with 15th century extension	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Clackmannan NS906919	Currently limited to exterior views only due to repair work
Castle Campbell	Courtyard castle	Early 15th-century tower house, with a late 15th-century hall range	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Dollar Glen NS961992	Also known as Castle Gloom
Menstrie Castle	Tower house	16th century	Restored as flats	Private	Menstrie NS849967	Contains a museum operated by the National Trust for Scotland
Sauchie Tower	Tower house	15th century	Empty	Clackmannanshire Heritage Trust	Fishcross NS895956

Dumfries and Galloway

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Abbot's Tower	L-plan tower house	Late 16th century	Restored in 1990; in use as a residence	Private	NX972666
Amisfield Tower also known as Hempisfield Tower	Tower house	17th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	NX992838
Annan Castle		12th century	Motte remains	Robert the Bruce ancestors	Annan
Auchen Castle	Courtyard castle	14th century	Ruined	Private	NT063035	Also the name of a nearby baronial house of 1849
Auchenrivock Tower	L-plan tower house	Late 16th century	Ruined	Buccleuch Estate	NY372805
Auchenskeoch Castle	Z-plan tower house	17th century	Ruined		NX918589	Only Z-plan tower in Galloway
Baldoon Castle	Tower house	17th century	Ruined	Private	Kirkinner NX426535
Balmangan Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined		NX650457
Barclosh Castle	Oblong plan tower house	Late 16th century	Ruined	Private	NX855625
Barholm Castle	Tower house	15th century	Restored as a residence	Private	NX521529
Barjarg Tower	L-plan tower house	Late 16th century	Progressively restored since 18th century		NX877901
Barscobe Castle	L-plan tower house	1648	Restored 1971	Private	NX660806
Blackethouse Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined		NY243744
Blacklaw Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined	Forestry Commission	NT052067
Bonshaw Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Preserved	Private	NY242720
Boreland Tower	Tower House	Late 16th century			NY066957
Breckonside Pele	Pele tower	Late 16th or early 17th century	Ruined		Near Moniaive NX840889
Breckonside Tower or Breconside	Oblong plan tower house	c. 1591	Ruined	Abandoned 1980	Near Moffat NT108022	Much altered and converted to a farmhouse.
Brydekirk Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Private	NY187711	Ruins form part of series of outbuildings at Brydekirk Mains farm
Buittle Castle		12th century	Ruined
Caerlaverock Castle	Courtyard castle	13th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NY025656
Cardoness Castle	Tower house	15th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NX589553
Carsluith Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NX494542
Castle Kennedy	Tower house	14th century	Ruined	Private	Near Stranraer NX110608	In the grounds of Lochinch Castle, extensive gardens
Castle of Park	Tower house	16th century	Restored as holiday accommodation	Historic Scotland	Near Glenluce NX188571	Leased to Landmark Trust
Castle of St. John	Tower house	16th century	Restored as a museum	Dumfries and Galloway Council	Stranraer NX060607
Castlemilk Tower	Tower house	15th century	Demolished c. 1707		NY149776
Closeburn Castle	Tower house	14th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	NX907921
Comlongon Castle	Tower house	15th century	Restored as a hotel	Private	NY079690	19th century extensions
Cornal Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined		NT112044
Corra Castle, Kirkgunzeon			Only remains are those of 17th-century house	Private	NX867662
Corsewall Castle		15th Century	Ruin		Near Stranraer NW991714
Craigcaffie Castle		c. 1570	Repaired Ruin		Innermessan NX088641	Class A listed building
Crawfordton Tower	Trapezoid plan tower house		Ruined		NX816889
Cruggleton Castle	Motte and bailey	12th century	Ruined	Private	In Wigtownshire NX483428
Cumstoun Castle	Oblong plan tower house	c. 1500	Ruined		NX682532
Dalswinton Tower	Z-plan tower house	Early 16th century	Ruined		Dalswinton NX945840
Drumcoltran Tower	L-plan tower house	Late 16th century	Preserved	Historic Scotland	NX869682
Drumlanrig Castle	Renaissance house	17th century	Still in use as a residence	Duke of Buccleuch	NX850992	On the site of an earlier castle
Dumfries Castle		12th century	Ruined		Dumfries
Dundeugh Castle	L-plan tower house	16th century	Ruined	Forestry Commission	NX601880
Dunskey Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Private	Portpatrick NX003533
Earlstoun Castle	L-plan tower house	16th century	Decayed but roof maintained	Private	NX618441
Edingham Castle	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined		NX839628
Eliock House	Tower house	16th century	Partly ruined		NS797075	Subsequent alterations, fire damaged in 1945
Elshieshields Tower	Tower house	16th century	Restored		NY069850
Fourmerkland Tower	Oblong plan tower house	1590	Preserved		NX908808
Frenchland Tower	Oblong plan tower house	Late 16th or early 17th century	Ruined		NT102054
Friar's Carse	Baronial mansion	1873	Occupied as a hotel	Private	NX125850	On the site of a castle
Galdenoch Castle					Leswalt NW975633	Category A listed building
Gillesbie Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined		NY172919
Gilnockie Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Restored as a residence	Private	NY382785	Also known as Hollows Tower
Glenae Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined		NX984905	Entrance reminiscent of bastle-house or pele-house
Hills Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Restored c. 1930		NX912726	Retains barmkin and gatehouse
Hoddom Castle	Fortified enclosure containing L-plan tower house	1565	Preserved		NY155729
Isle Tower or Lochar Tower	Oblong plan tower house	1587	Preserved		NY149776
Isle of Whithorn Castle	Tower house	1674	Preserved as a residence			Isle of Whithorn Originally known as "The Isle"
Kenmure Castle		16th century			NX635764
Kirkconnell Tower	Tower house	15th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	NX979680
Kirkcudbright Castle		12th century	motte and bailey, site next to MacLellan's Castle			Greyfriar's Church built on the site
Lag Tower	Oblong plan tower house		Ruined		NX881862
Langholm Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined		NY361849
Lochar Tower	Rectangular plan tower house	16th century	Ruined		NY028690
Lochhouse Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Restored as a residence	Private	NT082033
Lochinch Castle	Baronial house	1867	Still in use as a residence	Private	Near Stranraer NX106618
Old Lochmaben Castle	Motte and bailey	12th century	Earthworks only remain	de Brus family	Lochmaben NY0820882206	Possible birthplace of Robert the Bruce, 1274. Located at 2nd green and 3rd tee of Lochmaben Golf Course
Lochmaben Castle	Castle of enceinte	c. 1298 King Edward	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Lochmaben NY088811
Lochnaw Castle	Tower house	16th century			Leswalt NW991628	Large 17th century additions
Lochwood Castle	L-plan tower house	15th century	Ruined	Private	NY084967	Also known as Lochwood Tower
Lockerbie Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Demolished 1967		NY136814	Site cleared to make way for present police station
MacLellan's Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Kirkcudbright NX681510
Mellingshaw Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined		NT037088
Morton Castle	Courtyard castle	15th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NX890992	Preceded by a 13th-century castle
Mouswald Tower	Oblong plan tower house	c. 1562	Ruined		NY062739
Orchardton Tower	Tower house	15th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NX817550
Plunton Castle	Tower House		Ruined
Raecleugh Tower	Bastle house		Ruined		NT038118	Farmhouse, Moffat
Repentance Tower	Tower house	1565	Preserved	Private	NY155722
Robgill Tower	Tower house	12th century or earlier			NY248717
Rusko Castle	Tower house		Restored	Private
Sanquhar Castle	Courtyard castle	15th century	Ruined	Private	NS785092	Partially restored in the 19th century
Sorbie Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Sorbie NX449470
Threave Castle	Tower house	14th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NX739623
Tibber's Castle or Mote de Tibris	Motte and bailey	13th century	No remains	Private	NX862982	The ruins lie within the estate of Drumlanrig Castle
Torthorwald Castle	Oblong plan tower house	14th century	Ruined	Private	NY033782
Wigtown Castle		12th century	No remains			Wigtown
Wreaths Tower		before 16th century

City of Dundee

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Broughty Castle	Tower house	15th century	In use as a museum	Dundee City Council	Broughty Ferry NO463303
Claypotts Castle	Z-plan tower house	16th century	Preserved	Historic Scotland	NO451319
Dudhope Castle	Extended tower house	15th century	In use as offices	Dundee City Council	Law NO393306
Dundee Castle		12th century	No remains		Dundee
Mains Castle	Courtyard castle	16th century	Preserved	Private	NO410330	also known as Fintry Castle
Powrie Castle	Z-plan tower house	16th century	Ruined	Private	NO420345	17th century wing restored

East Ayrshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Aiket Castle	Tower house	Late 15th century	Restored and used as a residence	Private	NS387487 Near Dunlop	See Barony of Aiket
Auchencloigh Castle	Tower House	15th century	Scant remains	Private	Near Sinclairston
Barr Castle	Tower house	15th century	In use as a Masonic Lodge with a museum	Masonic Lodge	Galston NS501366	Also known as Lockhart Tower
Busbie Castle	Tower house	14th century	Scant remains	Garden of residence	Knockentiber	Demolished in the 1950s
Caprington Castle	Tower house	15th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	Near Kilmarnock NS407362	Extended to form a baronial house in the 1830s
Carnell Castle	Tower house	15th century	Still in use as a residence and hotel	Private	NS467322	Extended to form a baronial house in 1843
Cessnock Castle	Tower house	13th century	Restored as a residence	Private	Galston NS510355
Corsehill Castle	Tower house		Ruined	Private	Stewarton NS416467	See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
Craufurdland Castle	Tower house	14th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	Near Kilmarnock NS455407	Extended to form a gothic house in the 19th century
Dean Castle	Courtyard Castle	14th century	Restored as a museum	East Ayrshire Council	Kilmarnock NS436394	Restored 1935-6
Dunlop Castle			No remains	Private	Near Dunlop village
Kerse Castle		Before 1600	No remains	Craufurd clan	Near Hollybush
Kilmaurs Castle		c. 15th century	No remains	Private	Near Jocksthorn Farm, Kilmaurs	Replaced by later Kilmaurs Place
Kingencleugh Castle	L-plan tower house	17th Century	Ornamental ruins	Private	Near Mauchline	Part of the Kingencleugh House estate
Lainshaw Castle			Lainshaw House incorporates part of the old castle	Private	Stewarton	See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
Loch Doon Castle (Balloch Castle)		Late 13th century (rebuilt 1930s)	Ruined	Historic Scotland
Loudoun Castle	Courtyard Castle	by the 1820s	Substantial ruins	Private	Near Galston	Destroyed by fire in 1941, formerly known as Windsor of the North, incorporated into a theme park between 1995 and 2010
Mauchline Castle	Tower	15th century	Still standing	Private	Mauchline	Also known as Abbot Hunter's Tower
Martnaham Castle	Tower	4th & 5th centuries (King Coil)	Ruins	Private	On the south-side of Martnaham Loch	http://www.futuremuseum.co.uk/collections/people/key-people/soldiers,-sailors,-rebels-outlaws/king-coil.aspx
Newmilns Tower	Keep	1530s	Restored and used as a residence	Private	Newmilns NS536373	Restored in 1997 - locally referred to as The Keep
Polkelly Castle	Tower	14th century	Removed	Private	Near Polkelly Hall	Ruins used to build a road in the 1850s
Ravenscraig Castle		Before 1604	Ruined			See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
Riccarton Castle		Before 1297	No remains			A commemorative plaque is at the fire station
Robertland Castle	Tower	16th century	The motte and a few stones remain. Robertland House was built from its remains.	Private	Near Stewarton
Rowallan Castle		16th century	Intact	limited access Historic Scotland	Near Kilmarnock NS43474242	In the grounds of a Golfing development.
Sorn Castle	Tower house	1409	Expanded 1909, in use as a hotel	Private	NS548269
Templehouse Fortalice			No remains		Stewarton	See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
Terringzean Castle, East Ayrshire		c. 1696	Substantial ruins	Private	Near Auchinleck	In the grounds of Dumfries House
Trabboch Castle	L-plan Tower House	14th century	Ruin	Private	Near Stair	Much of the stone used to build the nearby farm

East Dunbartonshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	location	Notes	Picture
Bardowie Castle	Tower house	16th century	Restored	Private	Bardowie, by Milngavie NS580738
Craigend Castle	Castellated mansion	1812	Ruin	East Dunbartonshire Council	Mugdock Country Park NS545778	Built on the site of an older castle
Lennox Castle	Castellated mansion	1841	Ruin		Milton of Campsie NS604783

East Lothian

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	location	Notes	Picture
Auldhame Castle	tower house	16th century	ruin		Seacliff NT602847
Ballencrieff Castle	tower house	1507, 1586	restored	private; next to pig farm	Ballencrieff NT487783
Barnes Castle	uncompleted castle		ruin		Haddington NT529766	Extensive castle planned, but never completed above the vaults.
The Bass	curtain wall & keep	16th century	ruin	open for visitors (via boat trip)	Bass Rock NT602873	later adapted for artillery; stone used to build lighthouse
Black Castle			No remains		Cockburnspath NT738707	some remains existed until c. 1800
Carberry Tower	Tower house	16th century	Occupied	Private	Musselburgh	Extended in the 18th century, now a hotel
Dirleton Castle	fortress	13th century	partly ruined	Historic Scotland	Dirleton NT518840
Dunbar Castle			ruin		Dunbar NT67894
Fa'side Castle	Tower house (altered keep)	15th century	Restored 1970s	Private	Tranent NT378710	Also known as Fawside and Falside
Fenton Tower	Tower house	1587	Restored	Private	North Berwick NT543822	In use as a hotel, also featured on Balamory
Gamelshiel Castle	Tower house	14th century	Ruin		Lammermuir Hills NT649648
Garleton Castle	Courtyard castle	16th century	Partially occupied	Private	Haddington NT509767	Partially restored with remaining part ruined
Hailes Castle	Keep & ranges	14th century	Ruin	Historic Scotland	East Linton NT575758	Ranges and towers 15th-16th century
Innerwick Castle		14th century	Ruin		Innerwick
Keith Marischal			Occupied
Kilspindie Castle			Ruin
Lennoxlove			Occupied	Duke of Hamilton		Open to the public
Luffness Castle	tower house	16th century	altered	private	Aberlady NT476804	castle on site from 13th century
Penshiel Tower			Ruin
Preston Tower	keep	15th century	ruin	NTS; free access (exterior view & garden & doocot)	Prestonpans, next to Hamilton House NT393742	Two storeys added in 17th century. Currently in council-maintained grounds.
Redhouse Castle	courtyard castle	16th century	ruin	free access through market garden	Longniddry NT463770
Saltcoats Castle	Courtyard castle	16th century	Ruin		Gullane
Saltoun Hall or Castle	Elizabethan house	16th century	occupied	private	Pencaitland NT461685	building incorporates remnants of 12th-century castle
Smeaton House	Courtyard castle	15th century	Modified	Private	Dalkeith	Now part of a farm
Stoneypath Tower	tower house	16th century	restored		Nunraw Abbey NT596713
Tantallon Castle	courtyard castle	14th century	ruin	Historic Scotland	North Berwick NT596851
Tranent Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruin		Tranent
Waughton Castle		14th century	Ruin		Whitekirk
Whittingehame Tower	keep	15th century	Occupied	Balfour family	East Linton NT602733
Yester Castle	Castle & keep	13th century	Ruin	private	Gifford NT556667	Includes an underground vault known as the Goblin Ha'

East Renfrewshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	location	Notes	Picture
Caldwell Castle			One inhabited tower remains	Private	Near Uplawmoor	Recently restored
Mearns Castle	Tower house	15th century	Restored as a church	Church of Scotland	Newton Mearns NS552553
Polnoon Castle	Tower house	14th century	Total ruin	Private	Near Eaglesham

City of Edinburgh

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	location	Notes	Picture
Craigmillar Castle	keep & later ranges	14th century	ruin	Historic Scotland	NT288709	towers and curtain wall added 15th century; walled courtyard 16th century
Craiglockhart Castle	tower house	13th century	ruin		NT226703
Craigcrook Castle	tower house	16th century	occupied	private	NT21067427	Converted to offices
Dundas Castle	keep	15th century	ruin	private	NT116767	19th-century mansion still occupied
Edinburgh Castle	fortress	15th century	complete	Historic Scotland	Edinburgh NT252735	Site of a castle since the 12th century
Lauriston Castle	tower house	16th century	occupied	City of Edinburgh Council	NT204762	Extended in the 19th century
Liberton Tower	tower house	17th century	occupied	private ownership; open by appt.	NT267694
Merchiston Castle	tower house	15th century	altered	Napier University	NT243717	Now part of university buildings

Falkirk

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Airth Castle	Historic house	16th century	Occupied	Private	Airth	Incorporates a 16th-century tower house, how used as a hotel
Almond Castle	Tower house		Ruin	Private	Whitecross	Within an industrial estate
Blackness Castle		15th century	Preserved	Historic Scotland	Blackness	Open to the public
Castle Cary Castle	Tower house	15th century	Occupied	Private	Castlecary	Still in use as a residence
Elphinstone Tower	Tower house	15th century	Ruin	Private	Dunmore	Part of the Dunmore Park estate, later used as a mausoleum
Herbertshire Castle		circa 1407	No remains	n/a	Dunipace	Demolished 1950
Kinneil House	Historic house	1677	Preserved	Falkirk Council	Bo'ness	Built around 15th-century tower house, contains 16th-century murals
Torwood Castle		1566	Ruin	Torwood Castle Trust	Torwood	Undergoing restoration

Fife

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Aberdour Castle			ruin	Historic Scotland		built by Douglas earls of Morton; painted ceiling
Arnot Tower		current building dates from c. 1507, though fortifications were present c. 1400	ruin	private	nr Kinross	built by Arnot family
Balgonie Castle
Ballinbreich Castle			Ruin	Private	056.37ºN 003.18ºW
Balwearie Castle			Ruin	Nr Kirkcaldy
Collairnie Castle				Private	056.34ºN 003.12ºW	Barclay family, heraldic painted ceilings
Couston Castle					NT168850
Dairsie Castle				Private
Denmylne Castle			ruin	Private		Balfour family
Dunimarle Castle	Historic house	18th century	Occupied	Private	Culross NS976858	Earlier ruin in grounds
Earlshall Castle	Historic House					Bruce family, painted gallery
Falkland Palace	Historic House			National Trust for Scotland		Royal palace, painted ceiling
Fernie Castle				Private
Fordell Castle				Private		Henderson family
Halyards Palace			Ruin			also known as 'Grange', Kirkcaldy family
Kellie Castle	Historic House			National Trust for Scotland		Oliphant & Erskine family
Lochore Castle
Lordscairnie Castle			Ruin	Private
Macduff's Castle			Ruin
Myres Castle				Private		Scrimgeour family
Newark Castle			Ruin
Pittarthie Castle			Ruin	Nr Dunino
Piteadie Castle			Ruin	Nr Kinghorn
Pitreavie Castle	tower house				Nr Dunfermline	Wardlaw family
Ravenscraig Castle		mid-15th century	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Kirkcaldy	Sinclair family, in the grounds of Ravenscraig Park
Rossend Castle	tower			private offices		Dury & Melville families painted ceiling in National Museum of Scotland
Rosyth Castle			Ruin	in Naval dockyard
Rumgally House	tower			no access, within Naval dockyard
St Andrews Castle			Ruin	Historic Scotland
Scotstarvit Tower				Historic Scotland
Wemyss Castle	Historic House			Private

City of Glasgow

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Bishop's Castle, Glasgow			No remains		High Street, Glasgow	Demolished in the late 18th century
Cathcart Castle		15th century	Ruined		Linn Park, Cathcart	Abandoned in the 18th century, pulled down in the 1980s
Crookston Castle	X-plan tower house	12th century; rebuilt c. 1400	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Pollok
Haggs Castle	Tower house	16th century	Occupied as a residence	Private	Pollokshields
Partick Castle		1611	No remains		Partick	Demolished during the 1830s

Highlands

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Achnacarry Castle			Occupied
Ackergill Tower			Occupied
Ardtornish Castle			Ruin
Ardvreck Castle			Ruin
Armadale Castle			Ruin
Ballone Castle	Z-plan tower house	late 16th century	Restored as residence	Private	near Portmahomack	Restored from scratch after 1990
Balnagown Castle			Occupied
Beaufort Castle			Occupied
Borve Castle, Benbecula			Ruin
Borve Castle, Sutherland			Ruin
Braal Castle			Ruin
Brahan Castle			Ruin
Brims Castle			Ruin
Caisteal Maol			Ruin
Carbisdale Castle			Occupied
Castle Chanonry of Ross			No remains
Castle of Mey	Historic House		Occupied
Cawdor Castle	Historic House	Begun in 1454, with keep dating to this period. Mostly 17th century	Occupied		Nairnshire
Castle Craig			Ruin
Dalcross Castle			Occupied		Dalcross, Highland	Nairnshire
Dingwall Castle			Ruin			Dingwall
Dornoch Castle			Occupied
Dounreay Castle			Ruin			See Dounreay
Dunbeath Castle			Occupied
Dun Ringill			Ruin
Dunrobin Castle			Occupied			Castle open
Dunscaith Castle			Ruin
Duntulm Castle			Ruin
Dunvegan Castle	Historic House		Occupied
Eilean Donan Castle					Dornie	Rebuilt in 20th century
Erchless Castle			Occupied	private ownership	Struy
Foulis Castle			Occupied
Forse Castle			Ruin
Freswick			Occupied
Glengarry Castle
Castle Grant			Occupied	private ownership
Helmsdale Castle		15th century	No remains		Helmsdale, Sutherland	Demolished in the 1970s
Invergarry Castle		17th century	Ruin			Ruins under preservation
Inverlochy Castle			Ruin
Inverness Castle			Occupied
Keiss Castle			Ruin
Kilravock Castle			Occupied		Nairnshire	Rose family
Kinloch Castle			Occupied
Kinlochaline Castle			Occupied
Knock Castle			Ruin
Castle Leod			Occupied
Lochindorb Castle			Ruin
Milntown Castle			No remains
Mingarry Castle	Medieval hall	13th century	Ruin		Ardnamurchan Peninsula	Undergoing preservation, renovation and restoration
Moniack Castle			Occupied
Newmore Castle			Ruin
Ormlie
Ormond Castle			Ruin			Also known as Avoch Castle
Rait Castle		14th century	Ruin	Private	Nairnshire	http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG45363
Redcastle or Castle Roy			Ruin
Scrabster Castle			No remains
Sinclair & Girnigoe Castle			Ruin
Skibo Castle			Occupied
Strome Castle			Ruin	National Trust for Scotland
Castle Stuart	Tower house	1625	Restored as residence	Private
Teaninich Castle			Occupied
Castle Tioram			Ruin
Tor Castle			Ruin
Tulloch Castle		16th century	Occupied
Urquhart Castle			Ruin	Historic Scotland
Varrich Castle		1000AD?	Ruin		Tongue, Highland

Inverclyde

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Ardgowan Castle	Tower house	Late 15th century	Ruin	Private	Inverkip	Within grounds of Ardgowan House, also known as Inverkip Castle
Castle Levan	Tower house	14th century	Restored	Private	Gourock	Restored as a residence in the 1980s
Castle Wemyss	Historic house	c. 1850	No remains	n/a	Wemyss Bay	Demolished 1984
Duchal Castle			Ruin
Dunrod Castle			No remains	n/a	Inverkip	See Inverkip
Easter Greenock Castle	Unknown	16th century	No remains	n/a	Greenock	Demolished in the 1830s
Newark Castle	Tower house and adjoining mansion	1478	Intact	Historic Scotland	Port Glasgow	Open to the public

Midlothian

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	location	Notes	Picture
Borthwick Castle	Tower house	1430	Occupied	Private	Gorebridge NT370597	In use as a hotel
Crichton Castle	Courtyard castle	14th century	Preserved	Historic Scotland	Gorebridge NT380612	Open to the public
Dalhousie Castle	Historic house	16th century	Occupied	Private	Bonnyrigg NT320636	Incorporates remains of 13th-century tower, now used as a hotel
Dalkeith Palace	Historic house	18th century	Occupied	Duke of Buccleuch	Dalkeith NT333679	Incorporates remains of 12th-century castle Now leased to the University of Wisconsin. Grounds open to the public
Hawthornden Castle	Tower house	17th century	Occupied	Private	Loanhead NT287637	Incorporates ruined 15th-century keep Now used as a writers' retreat
Melville Castle	Castellated mansion	18th century	Restored	Private	Dalkeith NT310669	Built on site of earlier castle Now in use as a hotel
Newbattle Abbey	Fortified house	17th century	Altered	Newbattle Abbey College	Dalkeith NT333660	Part of a former Cistercian Abbey, now a college
Roslin Castle	Keep & ranges	14th century	Keep is a ruin, later ranges occupied	Earl of Rosslyn	Roslin NT274628	Ranges date from 15th-16th century Leased to the Landmark Trust as holiday accommodation. Used in the film 'The Da Vinci Code' with Tom Hanks.

Moray

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	location	Notes	Picture
Aikenway Castle			Ruined
Asliesk Castle			Ruined
Auchindoun Castle			Ruined		Dufftown
Ballindalloch Castle	Historic House	1546		Private
Balvenie Castle			Ruined	Historic Scotland	Dufftown
Blairfindy Castle			Ruined
Blervie Castle			Ruined
Brodie Castle	fortified house		complete	National Trust for Scotland	Nairnshire	Open to public
Burgie Castle			Ruined
Coxton Tower			Ruined
Craigneach Castle			No remains
Cullen Castle			private dwellings
Darnaway Castle	Historic house
Deskie Castle			No remains
Deskford Tower			Ruined
Drumin Castle			Ruined
Duffus Castle			Ruined	Historic Scotland		Open to public
Dunphail Castle			Ruined
Elgin Castle			Ruined
Earnside Castle			No remains
Findochty Castle			Ruined
Forres Castle			No remains
Gauldwell Castle	Historic house		Ruined
Gordon Castle	Historic house			Private
Hempriggs Castle			No remains
Inverugie Castle			No remains
Kilbuaick Castle			No remains
Kininvie Castle				Private
Kinneddar Castle			No remains
Pitlurg Castle			Ruined
Quarrelwood Castle			No remains
Rothes Castle			Ruined
Rothiemay Castle			Ruined
Spynie Palace			Ruined	Historic Scotland		Open to public - visited by Mary Queen of Scots
Skeith Castle			No remains
Castle Stripe			Ruined
Tor Castle, Dallas			Ruined
Tronach Castle			No remains

North Ayrshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Ailsa Craig Castle	Tower		Ruin	Private	Off Girvan
Ardrossan Castle			Ruin		Ardrossan	Accessible to the public
Auchenharvie Castle			Ruin	Private	Near Torranyard	A dangerous site
Hill of Beith Castle	Tower	17th century	Foundations only	Private	Beith	Demolished in the 1750s
Broadstone Castle			No remains	Private	Beith	Demolished in 1850 to build the nearby farm
Brodick Castle	Historic House			National Trust for Scotland	Isle of Arran
Clonbeith Castle			Ruin	Private farm	Near Auchentiber
Little Cumbrae Castle	Tower	16th century	Ruin	Private	Near Cumbrae Island
Cunninghamhead Castle			No remains	Private	Near Irvine
Eglinton Castle			Ruin	North Ayrshire Council	Irvine	Now Eglinton Country Park
Fairlie Castle	Tower	15th century	Ruin	Private	Fairlie
Giffen castle			No remains	Private	Near Barrmill	Parts of it are incorporated into Barrmill Mill
Glengarnock Castle	Tower		Ruin	Private	Kilbirnie
Hessilhead Castle			Scant remains	Private	Near Lugton	A Wildlife Rescue Centre occupies part of the old estate
Kelburn Castle						Castle open	File:KelburnCastle01.jpg
Kerelaw Castle			Ruin	North Ayrshire Council	Saltcoats	Fenced off - dangerous
Kersland Castle	Tower	15th century	Ruin	Private	Near Dalry	Located at Easter Kersland Farm
Kilbirnie Place	Tower	14th century	Ruin	Private	Near Kilbirnie	On a golf course
Kildonan Castle		13th century
Law Castle		15th century
Lochranza Castle (Arran Island)				Historic Scotland	Lochranza NR935505
Montfode Castle	Fortified tower	16th century	Mostly demolished	Private	Near Ardrossan	One tower and a short section of wall remain
Montgreenan Castle			Ruin	Private	Near Kilwinning	Montgreenan House is nearby. Also known as the 'Bishop's Palace'
Pitcon	Fortified tower		Demolished	Private	Near Dalry	An 18th-century mansion is now present near the site
Portencross Castle
Roughwood Tower	Fortified tower	15th century	Demolished	Private	Near Beith	A farm with old outbuildings is on the site
Seagate Castle	Fortified townhouse	16th century	Ruin	North Ayrshire Council	In Irvine	access on Doors Open Days only
Shewalton Castle	Fortified tower		Demolished	Private	Irvine	The castle was demolished in 1806 and a mansion house built on the site, also now demolished.
Skelmorlie Castle	Tower	16th century	Inhabited	Private	Near Largs	Much altered
Stanecastle			Substantial ruin	North Ayrshire Council	Stanecastle, Irvine	Accessible and well maintained

North Lanarkshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Bedlay Castle	Tower house	16th century	Occupied	Private	Chryston NS692700	In use as a residence
Dalzell House	Historic house	15th-19th century	Restored	Private	Motherwell NS7601355012	Divided into apartments. Incorporates a 15th-century tower house

Orkney

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Balfour Castle	Historic house	1847	Occupied	Private	Shapinsay	Built around an earlier structure
Bishop's Palace	Tower house	12th century	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Kirkwall	Restored in the 16th century, open to the public
Earl's Palace, Birsay	Palace	16th century	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Birsay	Open to the public
Earl's Palace, Kirkwall	Fortified house	17th century	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Kirkwall	Open to the public
Kirkwall Castle		14th century	No remains	n/a	Kirkwall	Destroyed in 1614
Noltland Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Westray	Open to the public

Perth and Kinross

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Ardblair Castle
Ashintully Castle					NO1000061300
Balhousie Castle					NO1143824387
Balvaird Castle				Historic Scotland	NO1697711527	limited access
Blackcraig Castle
Blair Castle		1269	Preserved	Blair Charitable Trust	Blair Atholl NN8656266209	The anicent seat of the Dukes and Earls of Atholl and home to Europe's only private army, the Atholl Highlanders
Burleigh Castle	ruin			Historic Scotland	NO1289104594	free access
Black Castle of Moulin		circa 1326	Ruin		Moulin, Pitlochry NN9471958913
Castle Cluggy		pre 1467	Ruin		Dry Isle, Loch Monzievaird, Ochertyre
Castle Huntly		15th century	In use as a prison	Scottish Prison Service	Carse of Gowrie NO3020129102
Craighall Castle
Dalnagar Castle
Drummond Castle					NN8453418060
Dupplin Castle
Elcho Castle	Tower house			Historic Scotland	NO1632020783	Decorative plasterwork
Finlarig Castle					NN5785433788
Forter Castle
Huntingtower Castle				Historic Scotland	NO0826225123	painted ceiling
Kinfauns Castle				Private	NO1502022633
Kinnaird Castle, Kinnaird
Lethendy Tower
Loch Leven Castle			Ruin	Historic Scotland	NO137017
Meggernie Castle					NN5537746038
Megginch Castle					NO2418924597
Castle Menzies					NN8320049500
Methven Castle					NO0417126038
Murthly Castle				private house
Newton Castle
Perth Castle		pre-11th century	No remains		Perth
Taymouth Castle					NN7845246545
Tullibole Castle

Renfrewshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Auchenbathie Tower	Tower	16th century	Ruin	Private	Howwood NS3978656492	Associated with William Wallace
Barr Castle	Tower	16th century	Ruin	Private	Lochwinnoch NS3468058156
Blackhall Manor			Occupied
Belltrees Peel			Ruin		NS3617558778
Castle Semple			Ruin		NS3705257507
Cochrane Castle
Erskine Castle
Gryffe Castle
Hawkhead Castle
Houston Castle
Inch Castle
Inchinnan Castle
Johnstone Castle	Tower, former castellated mansion	18th century	Undergoing restoration	Private	Johnstone NS4301462269
Ranfurly or Ranforlie Castle		15th century	Ruin		Bridge of Weir	http://archive.org/stream/castellateddomes04macg#page/230/mode/1up
Renfrew Castle			No remains		NS51346748
Stanely Castle		15th century	Ruin		NS4636161623

Scottish Borders

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	location	Notes	Picture
Ayton Castle			Occupied		NT9291061382
Branxholme Castle	Tower house		Occupied		NT4643711647
Cessford Castle			Ruin		NT7394523849
Cranshaws Tower			Occupied
Cavers Castle	Tower	1200	Ruin
Drochil Castle			Ruin		NT1619943506
Dryhope Tower			Ruin		NT2673524732
Duns Castle			Occupied		NT7778154380
Edrington Castle			Ruin		NT9412153399
Fast Castle	courtyard castle		ruin	Hall family open: free	Coldingham NT860709
Fatlips Castle			Undergoing restoration		NT5819120887
Ferniehirst Castle			Occupied		NT6524317981
Floors Castle	house	1721	occupied	Duke of Roxburghe	Kelso NT7110634681	ruins of Roxburgh castle in the grounds
Fulton Tower			Ruin
Greenknowe Tower			Ruin		NT639428
Hermitage Castle	keep		ruin	Historic Scotland	Newcastleton NY495960
Hume Castle			Ruin		Greenlaw NT7047541399
Jedburgh Castle			demolished 1409		Jedburgh NT6476920180	Replaced by a baronial-style jail
Kirkhope Tower			Occupied		NT3788125055
Mervinslaw Pele	pele tower		ruin
Neidpath Castle	keep	14th century	Semi-ruinous	private ownership; open regularly	Peebles NT236405	Extensively remodelled in 16th century
Newark Castle			Ruin		NT4215029450
Nisbet House	House	1630	Restoration	Private	Duns NT7950551230	West Tower added 1774
Peebles Castle		12th century	No remains		Peebles NT2500040398
Roxburgh Castle			Ruin		NT7132033735
Smailholm Tower				Historic Scotland	NT637346
Thirlestane Castle			Occupied		NT5338847926
Traquair House	fortified house		occupied	private ownership; open regularly	NT3307635483
Venlaw			Occupied		NT2528041238
Wedderburn Castle			Occupied		NT80840528513
Whitslaid Tower			Ruin		NT5576244563

Shetland

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	location	Notes	Picture
Muness Castle	Tower house	1598	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Unst HP629012	Most northerly castle in Britain
Scalloway Castle	Tower house	1600	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Scalloway 404392

South Ayrshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Auchans Castle	Tower House	17th century	Ruin	Private	Dundonald NS3548034599	Onetime home to Lady Susanna Montgomerie and visited by Dr Samuel Johnson & James Boswell
Baltersan Castle			Ruin
Barnweill Castle		16th century	Moat only	Private	Craigie	The remains of Barnweill Church lie nearby
Barr Castle				Lodge St Peter 331	Galston NS3468058156
Blairquhan Castle	Historic house	1824	Occupied	Private	NS3653105468
Craigie Castle	Keep	13th century	Ruin		Craigie NS4084831699	One time home of the Wallace family
Crosbie Castle	Keep	14th century	Ruin	South Ayrshire Council	Troon	Demolished by the Fullarton of Fullarton family and made into an ice house
Culzean Castle	Historic house	1792	Preserved	National Trust for Scotland	NS2325410253	Incorporates an older tower house
Dundonald Castle			Ruin	Historic Scotland	Dundonald NS3637234511
Dunduff Castle	L-shaped Tower	Circa 1696	Restored	Private	Dunure NS2719216370	Held by the Stewarts and then the Whitefords
Dunure Castle	Keep	15th century	Ruin	Marquess of Ailsa	Dunure NS250158
Fail Castle	Tower	16th century	Sparse remains	Private	Tarbolton NS4212928654	Modified part of Fail Monastery
Glenapp Castle			Occupied		NX0935480711
Greenan Castle			Ruin		NS3118719324
Maybole Castle		1560	Occupied		Maybole
Penkill Castle		16th century	Occupied		NX2315398535
Sundrum Castle			Occupied		NS4107421260
Thomaston Castle			Ruin		NS2399309532
Turnberry Castle			Ruin		NS1966507245

South Lanarkshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Bothwell Castle	Castle of enceinte	13th century	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Bothwell NS6881559345
Calderwood Castle		14th century	No remains	N/a	Long Calderwood, East Kilbride	Demolished in 1955
Cadzow Castle		1500–1550	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Chatelherault Country Park NS735537	Rebuilt as a folly in the 18th century
Craignethan Castle		1500–1550	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Crossford NS816464
Crawford Castle			Ruin		Crawford NS954213	Also known as Lindsay Tower
Douglas Castle			Ruin		Douglas NS8430031801	Only a single tower of the 17th-century castle remains. Also known as Castle Dangerous
Farme Castle	Keep and courtyard	15th century	No remains	n/a	Rutherglen	Demolished in the 1960s
Gilbertfield Castle	Tower house	1607	Ruin	Private	Cambuslang NS652587
Tower of Hallbar	Tower house	16th century	Restored as holiday accommodation	Vivat Trust	Braidwood NS8393547121
Lee Castle	Historic House		Occupied as a residence	Private	Lanark NS8541546503	Parts date from the 13th century
Mains Castle	Tower house	15th century	Occupied as a residence	Private	East Kilbride
Rutherglen Castle		13th century	No remains	n/a	Rutherglen	Destroyed in 1569
Strathaven Castle	Tower house	14th century	Ruin		Strathaven NS703445	Free access
Tarbrax Castle			No remains	n/a	Tarbrax

Stirling

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Airthrey Castle	Baronial house	1790s	Occupied	Stirling University	Stirling NS812967	University campus established in the grounds in the 1960s
Ballikinrain Castle	Baronial house	1868	Occupied	Church of Scotland	Killearn NS563872	Independent residential school
Buchanan Castle	Baronial house	1854	Ruin		Drymen NS461886	De-roofed in the 1950s
Craigend Castle	Baronial house		Ruin			Mugdock Country Park
Culcreuch Castle	Tower house	1296	Occupied	Private	Fintry NS620786	In use as a hotel
Doune Castle	Courtyard castle	14th century	Preserved	Historic Scotland	Doune NN7284701062	Open to the public
Edinample Castle	Tower house	16th century	Occupied as a residence	Private	Balquhidder NN601226	Restored in the 1980s
Mugdock Castle	Courtyard castle	14th century	Ruin	Stirling Council	Mugdock Country Park NS5501077167
Plean Castle	Tower house		Restored	Private	Plean	Also known as Plane castle, Menzies Castle, etc.
Stirling Castle				Historic Scotland	Stirling NS789940

West Dunbartonshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Dumbarton Castle	Garrison fortress	17th-18th century		Historic Scotland	Dumbarton NS398744	The site was the centre of the Kingdom of Strathclyde. Open to public.
Dunglass Castle		15th century	Ruin	Private	Bowling NS436734	Demolished for building stone 1735. Later house remains on the site.
Balloch Castle	Castellated house	1809		West Dunbartonshire Council	Balloch NS390830	Ruins of the original medieval castle still remain.

West Lothian

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	location	Notes	Picture
Duntarvie Castle	Renaissance house	16th century	Undergoing restoration	Private	Winchburgh NT091765
House of the Binns	Castellated house	17th century	Complete	National Trust for Scotland	Blackness NT051785	Stands on the site of an earlier castle
Linlithgow Palace	Courtyard palace	15th century	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Linlithgow NT003774	built on site of 12th-century castle
Midhope Castle	Tower house	16th century	Disused	Private	Abercorn NT072786
Niddry Castle	Tower house	15th century	Restored & occupied	Private	Winchburgh NT097743

Western Isles (na h-Eileanan Siar)

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Amhuinnsuidhe Castle	Historic house	1865	Occupied	Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Estate	Harris NB049078
Ardvourlie Castle	Historic house	1863	Occupied	Private	Harris NB189105
Borve Castle	Tower house	14th century	Ruined		Benbecula NF773505
Calvay Castle		Uncertain	Ruined	The local community through Stòras Uibhist	Calvay Island, Loch Boisdale, South Uist NF810126	Bonnie Prince Charlie hid here in June 1746, while fleeing from the Duke of Cumberland's troops after the Battle of Culloden.
Kisimul Castle	Tower house		Restored	Private; leased to Historic Scotland	Castlebay, Barra NL665979	Open to public
Lews Castle	Historic house	19th century	Occupied	Comhairle nan Eilean Siar	Stornoway, Lewis NB419331	Category A listed building
Ormacleit Castle	Historic house	Early 18th century	Ruined		South Uist NF740318	Burned in 1715

Fictional castles

• McDuck Castle, home of Disney cartoon character Scrooge McDuck.
• The Black Island, a comic of The Adventures of Tintin featuring a castle based on Lochranza Castle.
• The Ghosts of Inverloch, a Valérian comic, also features a Scottish castle.
• Castle Dangerous, a novel by Sir Walter Scott, drew inspiration from Douglas Castle.
• Old Mortality, a novel by Sir Walter Scott, drew inspiration from Craignethan Castle as Tillietudlem Castle.
• Hogwarts Castle, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter novels.

See also

• Castles in the United Kingdom
• List of castles
• List of castles in England
• List of castles in Wales
• List of castles in Northern Ireland
• List of castles in the Isle of Man
• Historic houses in Scotland

References

• Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7
• Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4
• Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press

External links

• Castle Explorer
• CastleStories - Google Map Explorer
• Scottish castles guide
• An index to castle ruins is in "Royal National Directory of Scotland" (1915).List of Castle ruins "Royal National Directory of Scotland" (1915) p.XIX