List of castles in Scotland

For more details on Scottish castles, see Castles in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

This list of castles in Scotland is a link page for any castle 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. This article relates to castles in Scotland from about 1100 AD onward.

The first castles were built in Scotland in the 11th and 12th centuries, with the introduction of Norman influence. These motte and bailey castles were replaced with the first stone-built castles 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 upgraded with painted ceilings and decorative plasterwork in the 16th and 17th centuries, employing distinctive national styles.

In the late 18th century, medieval architecture was revived, and castle-style houses were built once more. These "castles" had no defensive capability, but drew on military and tower-house architecture for their decorative detail. This 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. Interestingly there is some discussion about if Scottish Castles are considered to be "true" castles, however 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	11th century	No remains	N/A	Banff
Balmoral Castle	Baronial house	1856	Still 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	Visited by Mary, Queen of Scots
Birse Castle	Baronial house		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.
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		Ruined	Private	Ellon, NJ932298
Fasque Castle	Baronial house	1809	Occupied	Private	Fettercairn, NO648756
Fedderate Castle			Ruined
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
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
Inverallochy Castle			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			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	Fraserburgh Lighthouse (Kinnaird Castle) and the wine tower
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	16th century	Ruined
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			No remains	N/A	Crimond, NK061608	One of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Muchalls Castle	L-plan tower house	13th and 17th century			Muchalls, NO892918
Castle Newe	Z-plan tower house	1831	No remains	N/A	Strathdon,NJ378122	Incorporated as tower from 1604
Castle of Park			In use as a residence	Private	Cornhill, NJ588571
Pitsligo Castle		1424	Ruined		Rosehearty, NJ937670	Also known as Pitsligo Palace, one of the Nine Castles of Knuckle
Pitullie 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					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
Westhall Castle		16th century		Private	Insch, NJ673266

Angus

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Affleck Castle			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		Private	Balfour Mains, NO33775460
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
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			No remains	-	Forfar	Location recorded in the name of Castle Street, Forfar
Glamis Castle	Baronial house		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	1444, 16th century	Restored as a residence	Private	Kirriemuir, NO411579
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
Red Castle	Tower house	15th century	Ruined		Inverkeilor, NO688510

Argyll and Bute

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Aros Castle			Ruined		Isle of Mull, 2km north of Salen
Achallader Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined
Ardencaple Castle		12th century	Demolished	Royal Navy
Barcaldine Castle					Loch Creran near Oban
Calgary Castle					Calgary, Isle of Mull
Carnasserie Castle			Ruined	Historic Scotland
Carrick Castle	Tower House	15th century	Ruined		Argyll
Claig Castle			Foundation Ruins		Isle of Fraoch Eilean
Craignish Castle	Baronial House		Rebuilt		Adfern	see Craignish
Duart Castle		13th century	Restored	Chief of Clan Maclean	Isle of Mull
Dunans Castle	Baronial house		Partially restored	Private	Glendaruel
Dunaverty Castle		13th century	Ruined		Kintyre
Dundarave Castle			Chief of Clan MacNaghten
Dunollie Castle	Tower house	13th century	Ruined		Oban
Dunstaffnage Castle	Castle of enceinte	c.1220	Ruined	Historic Scotland
Duntrune Castle	Tower house	13th century curtain walls, with a 17th century tower house	Still in use as a residence	Chief of Clan Malcolm	Argyll
Dunyvaig Castle	Courtyard castle	13th century	Ruined		Islay
Fincharn Castle
Glengorm Castle
Gylen Castle	Tower house		Ruined		Kerrera
Innes Chonnel Castle
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		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		Restored
Kilmory Castle	Castellated house	19th century	In use as offices	Argyll County Council	Lochgilphead
Lachlan Castle		18th century
Old Lachlan Castle		13th century	Ruined
Minard Castle
Moy Castle
Rothesay Castle	Shell keep	13th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Rothesay
Saddell Castle						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
Tarbert Castle
Torosay Castle	Baronial house	1858	Unoccupied residence	Private	Isle of Mull
Torrisdale Castle
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	Tower house	17th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	NX992838	Also known as Hempisfield Tower
Auchen Castle	Courtyard castle	14th century	Ruined	Private	NT063035	Also the name of a nearby baronial house of 1849	Remains of the castle
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	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 or early 17th century			NY066957
Breckonside Pele	Pele tower	Late 16th or early 17th century	Ruined		NX840889
Breckonside Tower	Oblong plan tower house	c. 1591	Ruined	Abandoned 1980	NT108021
Brydekirk Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Private	NY187711	Ruins form part of series of outbuildings at Brydekirk Mains farm
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	Earl of Stair	NX110608	In the grounds of Lochinch Castle, extensive gardens
Castle of Park	Tower house	16th century	Restored as holiday accommodation	Historic Scotland	NX188571	Leased to Landmark Trust
Castle of St. John	Tower house	16th century	Restored as a museum	Dumfries and Galloway Council	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	Castle		Only remains are those of 17th century house	Private	NX867662
Crawfordton Tower	Trapezoid plan tower house		Ruined		NX816889
Cruggleton Castle	Motte and bailey	12th century	Ruined	Private	NX483428
Cumstoun Castle	Oblong plan tower house	c. 1500	Ruined		NX682532
Dalswinton Tower	Z-plan tower house	Early 16th century	Ruined		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
Dundeugh Castle	L-plan tower house	16th century	Ruined	Forestry Commission	NX601880
Dunskey Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Private	NX003533
Earsltoun Castle	L-plan tower house	16th century	Decayed but roof maintained	Private	NX614841	Used as farm store
Edingham Castle	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined		NX839628
Eliock Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined		NS797075
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					NX125850
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	Oblong plan tower house	1587	Preserved		NY149776
Isle of Whithorn Castle	Tower house	1674	Preserved as a residence			Originally known as "The Isle"
Kenmure Castle	Castle	16th century			NX635764
Kinnelhead Bastle-House	Oblong plan bastle-house		Ruined		NT028016
Kirkconnell Tower	Tower house	15th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	NX979680
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	Earl of Stair	NX106618
Lochmaben Castle	Castle of enceinte	14th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NY088811
Lochnaw Castle	Tower house	16th century			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	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
Raecleugh Tower	Tower house		Ruined		NT038118
Repentance Tower	Tower house	1565	Preserved	Private	NY155722
Robgill Tower	Tower house				NY248717
Sanquhar Castle	Courtyard castle	15th century	Ruined	Private	NS785092	Partially restored in the 19th century
Sorbie Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NX449470
Threave Castle	Tower house	14th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NX739623
Tibber's Castle	Motte and bailey	13th century	Ruined	Private	NX862982
Torthorwald Castle	Oblong plan tower house	14th century	Ruined	Private	NY033782

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
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			Restored and used as a residence	Private	Near Dunlop	See Barony of Aiket	A view of Aiket Castle in 2006.
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	Barr Castle, Galston.
Busbie Castle	Tower house	14th century	Scant remains	Garden of residence	Knockentiber	Demolished in the 1950s. See Knockentiber
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	Corsehill Castle
Craigie Castle, Ayrshire			Substantial remains	Private	Near Craigie village	Home of the Wallaces who moved to Craigie in Ayr
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	Dean Castle
Dunlop Castle			No remains	Private	Near Dunlop village	See Dunlop, East Ayrshire
Kerse Castle, East Ayrshire			No remains	Private	Near Hollybush		Site of Kerse Castle |
Kilmaurs Castle			No remains	Private	Near Jocksthorn Farm, Kilmaurs	Replaced by later Kilmaurs Place
Kingencleuch Castle					Near Mauchline
Lainshaw Castle			Lainshaw House incorporates part of the old castle	Private	Stewarton	See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop	Lainshaw Castle in 1779.
Lochdoon Castle			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 1995–2010	Loudoun Castle - 1890s
Mauchline Castle			Still standing	Private	Mauchline town
Martnaham Castle	Tower	15th Century	Ruins	Private	On an island in Martnaham Loch
Newmilns Tower	Keep	1530s	Restored and used as a residence	Private	Newmilns	Restored in 1997 - locally referred to as The Keep	Newmilns Tower in 2006
Polkelly Castle	Tower	14th Century	Removed	Private	Near Polkelly Hall	Ruins used to build a road in the 1850s
Ravenscraig Castle			Ruined			See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
Riccarton Castle			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			Still standing	limited access Historic Scotland	Near Kilmarnock	In the grounds of a Golfing development.	Rowallan Castle
Sorn Castle
Templehouse Fortalice			No remains		Stewarton	See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
Terringzean Castle, East Ayrshire			Substantial ruins	Private	Near Auchinleck	In the grounds of Dumfries House	Terringzean Castle in 2010
Trabboch Castle	L-plan Tower House	14th century	Ruin	Private	Near Stair	Much of the stone used to build the nearby farm	Trabboch Castle

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 C
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 C
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 C. 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 C	occupied	private	Pencaitland NT461685	building incorporates remnants of 12th C 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 C	ruin	Historic Scotland	NT288709	towers and curtain wall added 15th C; walled courtyard 16th C
Craiglockhart Castle	tower house	13th C	ruin		NT226703
Craigcrook Castle	tower house	16th C	occupied	private	NT21067427	Converted to offices
Dundas Castle	keep	15th C	ruin	private	NT116767	19th-century mansion still occupied
Edinburgh Castle	fortress	15th C	complete	Historic Scotland	Edinburgh NT252735	Site of a castle since the 12th century
Lauriston Castle	tower house	16th C	occupied	City of Edinburgh Council	NT204762	Extended in the 19th century
Liberton Tower	tower house	17th C	occupied	private ownership; open by appt.	NT267694
Merchiston Castle	tower house	15th C	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	Aberdour Castle
Arnot Tower
Balgonie Castle							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
Culross Palace	Historic House			National Trust for Scotland		Bruce family, painted ceilings
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	Falkland Palace
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 Castle			Ruin
Myres Castle				Private		Scrimgeour family
Newark Castle
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	Ravenscraig Castle
Rossend Castle	tower			private offices		Dury & Melville families painted ceiling in National Museum of Scotland
Rosyth Castle				in Naval dockyard
Rumgally House	tower			no access, within Naval dockyard
St Andrews Castle			Ruin	Historic Scotland			St Andrews Castle
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

Highland

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Achnacarry Castle
Ackergill Tower							Ackergill Tower
Ardtornish Castle			Ruin
Ardvreck Castle			Ruin
Armadale Castle			Ruin
Balnagown Castle
Beaufort Castle
Borve Castle, Benbecula
Borve Castle, Sutherland
Braal Castle
Brahan Castle
Brims Castle
Caisteal Maol
Carbisdale Castle
Castle Chanonry of Ross
Castle of Mey	Historic House
Cawdor Castle	Historic House	Begun in 1454, with keep dating to this period. Mostly 17th century					Cawdor Castle
Castle Craig
Dalcross Castle
Dingwall Castle	Ruins				Dingwall
Dornoch Castle
Dounreay Castle						See Dounreay
Dunbeath Castle
Dun Ringill
Dunrobin Castle						Castle open	Dunrobin Castle
Dunscaith Castle
Duntulm Castle
Dunvegan Castle	Historic House						Dunvegan Castle
Eilean Donan Castle					Dornie	Rebuilt in 20th century	Eilean Donan Castle
Erchless Castle				private ownership	Struy
Foulis Castle
Forse Castle
Freswick
Glengarry Castle
Castle Grant				private ownership
Helmsdale Castle		15th century			Helmsdale, Sutherland	Demolished in the 1970s
Invergarry Castle		17th century				Ruins under preservation	more at www.myglengarry.com
Inverlochy Castle	ruin
Inverness Castle							Inverness Castle
Keiss Castle			Ruin
Kilravock Castle						Rose family	Kilravock Castle
Kinloch Castle
Kinlochaline Castle							Kinlochaline Castle
Knock Castle			Ruin
Castle Leod
Lochindorb Castle			Ruins
Milntown Castle
Mingarry Castle							Mingarry Castle
Moniack Castle
Newmore Castle
Ormlie
Ormond Castle						Also known as Avoch Castle
Rait Castle
Redcastle
Scrabster Castle
Sinclair & Girnigoe Castle
Skibo Castle
Strome Castle				National Trust for Scotland
Castle Stuart	Tower house	1625	Restored as residence	Private			Castle Stuart
Teaninich Castle
Castle Tioram
Tor Castle
Tulloch Castle
Urquhart Castle				Historic Scotland			Urquhart Castle
Varrich Castle		1000AD?	Ruin		Tongue, Highland		Varrich Castle

Inverclyde

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Ardgowan Castle	Tower house	Late 15th C.	Ruin	Private	Inverkip	Within grounds of Ardgowan House, also known as Inverkip Castle
Castle Levan	Tower house	14th C.	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 C.	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	complete	private hotel	Gorebridge NT370597		Borthwick Castle
Crichton Castle	courtyard castle	14th C	ruin	Historic Scotland	Gorebridge NT380612
Dalhousie Castle	tower house	16th C	altered	private hotel	Dalhousie NT320636	incorporates remains of 13th C castle	Dalhousie Castle
Dalkeith Castle	mansion	18th C	complete	private ownership; ground open regularly	Dalkeith NT333679	incorporates remains of 12th C castle
Hawthornden Castle	tower house	17th C	complete	private	Loanhead NT287637	inorporates ruined 15th C keep
Melville Castle	castellated mansion	18th C	restored	private hotel	Dalkeith NT310669	built on site of earlier castle
Newbattle Castle	fortified house	17th C	altered	College of Education	Dalkeith NT333660	also known as Newbattle Abbey; incorporates remains of abbey
Roslin Castle	keep & ranges	14th C	partly complete	Earl of Rosslyn; Landmark Trust- managed holiday accommodation	Roslin NT274628	ranges date from 15th-16th C

Moray

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	location	Notes	Picture
Aikenway Castle			Ruined
Asliesk Castle			Ruined
Auchindoun Castle, Dufftown			Ruined
Ballindalloch Castle	Historic House	1546		Private
Balvenie Castle, Dufftown			Ruined	Historic Scotland
Blairfindy Castle			Ruined
Blervie Castle			Ruined
Brodie Castle	fortified house		complete	National Trust for Scotland		Open to public	Brodie Castle
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. Free entry
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
Rothes Castle			Ruined
Rothiemay Castle			Ruined
Spynie Palace			Ruined	Historic Scotland		Open to public. Entry fee	David's Tower, Spynie Palace
Skeith Castle			No remains
Castle Stripe			Ruined
Tor Castle, Dallas			Ruined
Tronach Castle			No remains
Quarrelwood 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	Ardrossan Castle tower |
Auchenharvie Castle			Ruin	Private	Near Torranyard	A dangerous site	Auchenharvie Castle |
Hill of Beith Castle	Tower	17th c	Foundations only	Private	Beith	Demolished in the 1750s	Foundations of Hill of Beith Castle |
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		Brodick Castle |
Clonbeith Castle			Ruin	Private farm	Near Auchentiber		Clonbeith Castle doorway |
Little Cumbrae Castle	Tower	16th C	Ruin	Private	Near Cumbrae Island		Little Cumbrae |
Cunninghamhead Castle			No remains	Private	Near Irvine
Eglinton Castle			Ruin	North Ayrshire Council	Irvine	Now Eglinton Country Park	Eglinton Castle in the 1920s |
Fairlie Castle	Tower	15th C	Ruin	Private	Fairlie		Fairlie Castle |
Giffen castle			No remains	Private	Near Barrmill	Parts of it are incorporated into Barrmill Mill.
Glengarnock Castle	Tower		Ruin	Private	Kilbirnie		Glengarnock Castle |
Hessilhead Castle			Scant remains	Private	Near Lugton	A Wildlife Rescue Centre occupies part of the old estate	Hessilhead Castle in the 1800s |
Kelburn Castle						Castle open	Kelburn Castle |
Kerelaw Castle			Ruin	North Ayrshire Council	Saltcoats	Fenced off - dangerous	Kerelaw Castle |
Kilbirnie Place			Ruin				Kilbirnie Place |
Kildonan Castle
Law Castle
Lochranza Castle (Arran Island)				Historic Scotland	Lochranza NR935505		Lochranza Castle |
Montgreenan Castle			Ruin	Private	Near Kilwinning	Montgreenan House is nearby. Also known as the 'Bishop's Palace'	Foundations of the 'Bishop's Palace' |
Pitcon			Demolished	Private	Near Dalry	An 18th century mansion is now present near the site
Portencross Castle							Portencross Castle in 1900. |
Seagate Castle	Fortified townhouse	16th C	Ruin	North Ayrshire Council	In Irvine	access on Doors Open Days only	Seagate Castle |
Skelmorlie Castle	Tower	16th C	Inhabited	Private	Near Largs	Much altered	Skelmorlie Castle in the 1880s. |
Stanecastle			Substantial ruin	North Ayrshire Council	Stanecastle, Irvine	Accessible and well maintained	Stanecastle tower |

North Lanarkshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Bedlay Castle					NS692700
Dalzell House

Orkney

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Balfour Castle							Balfour Castle
The Bishop's Palace			Ruin	Historic Scotland
Earls Palace Birsay			Ruin	Historic Scotland	free access		Earl's Palace (Birsay)
Earl's Palace, Kirkwall			Ruin	Historic Scotland
Kirkwall Castle	demolished
Noltland Castle				Historic Scotland			Noltland Castle

Perth and Kinross

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Ardblair Castle
Ashintully Castle
Balhousie Castle							Balhousie Castle
Balvaird Castle				Historic Scotland		limited access	Balvaird Castle
Blackcraig Castle
Blair Castle		1269	Preserved	Private: Duke of Atholl	Blair Atholl, Perthshire		Blair Castle
Burleigh Castle	ruin			Historic Scotland		free access
Castle Cluggy		pre 1467	Ruin		Dry Isle, Loch Monzievaird, Ochertyre
Castle Huntly (HM Prison)
Craighall Castle
Dalnagar Castle
Drummond Castle
Dupplin Castle
Elcho Castle	Tower house			Historic Scotland			Elcho Castle
Finlarig Castle
Forter Castle
Huntingtower Castle				Historic Scotland		painted ceiling	Huntingtower Castle
Kinfauns Castle
Kinnaird Castle, Kinnaird
Lethendy Tower
Loch Leven Castle			Ruin	Historic Scotland
Meggernie Castle
Megginch Castle
Castle Menzies
Methven Castle
Murthly Castle				private house
Newton Castle
Taymouth Castle							Taymouth Castle
Tullibole Castle

Renfrewshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Auchenbathie Tower	Tower	16th Century	Ruin	Private	Near Howwood	Associated with William Wallace	Ruins of Auchenbathie Tower
Barr Castle	Tower	16th Century	Ruin	Private	Lochwinnoch
Blackhall Manor
Belltrees Peel
Castle Semple
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
Polnoon Castle	Tower	14th century	Total ruin	Private	Eaglesham		Polnoon Castle motte
Ranfurly Castle			Ruin		Bridge of Weir
Renfrew Castle
Stanely Castle

Scottish Borders

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	location	Notes	Picture
Branxholme Castle	Tower house
Cessford Castle
Cranshaws Tower
Dryhope Tower
Duns Castle
Edrington Castle
Fast Castle	courtyard castle		ruin	Hall family open: free	Coldingham
Fatlips Castle
Ferniehirst Castle
Floors Castle	house	1721	occupied	Duke of Roxburghe	Kelso	ruins of Roxburgh castle in the grounds	Floors Castle
Fulton Tower
Greenknowe Tower							Greenknowe Tower
Hume Castle					Greenlaw
Hermitage Castle	keep		ruin	Historic Scotland	Newcastleton		Hermitage Castle
Jedburgh Castle			demolished 1409		Jedburgh
Kirkhope Tower
Mervinslaw Pele	pele tower		ruin
Neidpath Castle	keep	14th C		private ownership; open regularly	Peebles NT236405	Extensively remodelled in 16th C
Newark Castle
Nisbet House	House	1630	Restoration	Private	Duns	West Tower added 1774
Roxburgh Castle
Smailholm Tower				Historic Scotland			Smailholm Tower
Thirlestane Castle							Thirlestane Castle
Traquair House	fortified house		occupied	private ownership; open regularly			Traquair House in 1814
Venlaw
Wedderburn Castle							Wedderburn Castle
Whitslaid Tower

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	Onetime home to Lady Susanna Montgomerie and visited by Dr Samuel Johnson & James Boswell
Baltersan Castle
Barnweill Castle		16th century	Moat only	Private	Craigie	The remains of Barnweill Church lie nearby
Barr Castle				Lodge St Peter 331	Galston
Blairquhan Castle	Historic house	1824	Occupied		Private
Craigie Castle	Keep	13th century	Ruin		Craigie	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		Incorporates an older tower house
Dundonald Castle				Historic Scotland
Dunduff Castle	L-shaped Tower	Circa 1696	Restored	Private	Dunure	Held by the Stewarts and then the Whitefords
Dunure Castle	Keep	15th century	Ruin	Marquess of Ailsa	Dunure
Fail Castle	Tower	16th century	Sparse remains	Private	Tarbolton	Modified part of Fail Monastery
Glenapp Castle
Greenan Castle
Maybole Castle		1560			Maybole
Penkill Castle		16th century
Sundrum Castle
Thomaston Castle
Turnberry Castle			Ruin

South Lanarkshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Bothwell Castle	Castle of enceinte	13th century	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Bothwell
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	Rebuilt as a folly in the 18th century
Craignethan Castle		1500–1550	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Crossford
Crawford Castle			Ruin		Crawford	Also known as Lindsay Tower
Douglas Castle			Ruin		Douglas	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
Tower of Hallbar	Tower house	16th century	Restored as holiday accommodation	Vivat Trust	Braidwood
Lee Castle	Historic House		Occupied as a residence	Private	Lanark	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	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	University campus established in the grounds in the 1960s
Ballikinrain Castle	Baronial house	1868	Occupied	Church of Scotland	Killearn	Independent residential school
Buchanan Castle	Baronial house	1854	Ruin		Drymen	De-roofed in the 1950s
Craigend Castle	Baronial house		Ruin			Mugdock Country Park
Culcreuch Castle	Tower house	1296	Occupied	Private	Fintry	In use as a hotel
Doune Castle	Courtyard castle	14th century	Preserved	Historic Scotland	Doune	Open to the public
Edinample Castle	Tower house	16th century	Occupied as a residence	Private	Balquhidder	Restored in the 1980s
Mugdock Castle	Courtyard castle	14th century	Ruin	Stirling Council	Mugdock Country Park
Plane Castle	Tower house		Restored	Private	Plean
Stirling Castle				Historic Scotland	Stirling

West Dunbartonshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Dumbarton Castle	Garrison fortress	17-18th C		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	Renissance 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
Ardvourlie Castle	Historic house	1863	Occupied	Private	Harris
Borve Castle	Tower house	14th century	Ruined		Benbecula
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			Burned in 1715

Fictional castles

• McDuck Castle, home of Disney cartoon character Scrooge McDuck.
• The Black Island, a Tintin story 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