List of castles in South Lanarkshire
Appearance
This is a list of castles in South Lanarkshire.
List
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture |
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Bothwell Castle | Castle of enceinte | 13th century | Ruin | Historic Scotland | Bothwell NS6881559345 |
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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 |
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Crawford Castle | Ruin | Crawford NS954213 |
Also known as Lindsay Tower | ||||
Drumsagard Castle | Ruin | Cambuslang | |||||
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 |
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Tower of Hallbar | Tower house | 16th century | Restored as holiday accommodation | Vivat Trust | Braidwood NS8393547121 |
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Kilbride Castle | Keep and courtyard | 12th century | Ruin | East Kilbride | |||
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 |
See also
Notes
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
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