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Castles in Scotland is a link page for any castle in Scotland. The main gatehouse of Harlech Castle, Wales. ...
Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...
Note that there are an estimated 3,000 castles in Scotland, ranging in size from royal households and large military outposts with hundreds of rooms to simple fortified farmhouses. Many of these castles are now ruins, and some are known only through historical records. The list below is therefore not exhaustive.
See also: List of castles - Castles in England - Castles in Wales - Castles in Northern Ireland The List of castles is a link page for any castle in the sense of a fortified building. ...
Castles in England is a link page for any castle in England. ...
Castles in Wales is a link page for any castle in Wales. ...
. The following is a partial list of Castles in Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast Castle Carrickfergus Castle Dunluce Castle Dunseverick Castle Kinbane Castle County Armagh: Moyry Castle County Down: Audleystown Castle Clough Castle Dundrum Castle Greencastle Jordans Castle Kilclief Castle Killyleagh Castle Kirkistown Castle Narrow Water Castle Portaferry Castle...
Aberdeenshire Auchindoun Castle is a 15th century L-Plan tower castle near Duffton in the Grampian region of Scotland. ...
Balmoral Castle Balmoral Castle, painted by Queen Victoria in 1854 during its construction Balmoral Castle is currently a large mansion situated deep within the Scottish Highlands. ...
Ballindalloch Castle (a. ...
Balvenie Castle is a ruined castle near Dufftown in the Grampian region of Scotland. ...
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Braemar Castle is a castle near Braemar in the Grampian region of Scotland. ...
Brodie Castle is a castle near Forres in the Grampian region of Scotland. ...
Location of Corgarff Castle within Grampian, Scotland Corgarff Castle is a castle at the head of Strathdon in the Grampian region of Scotland. ...
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Crathes Castle is a castle near Banchory in the Grampian region of Scotland. ...
Castle Fraser is a castle near Inverurie in the Grampian region of Scotland. ...
Delgatie Castle is a castle near Turriff in the Grampian region of Scotland. ...
Drum Castle is a castle near Banchory in the Grampian region of Scotland. ...
Dunnottar Castle is a castle on the east coast of Scotland, near the town of Stonehaven. ...
Elgin Cathedral is an historic ruin at Elgin in Grampian, North West Scotland It was established in 1224 but only reached completion near the end of the 13th century. ...
Fyvie Castle is a castle near Turriff in the Grampian region of Scotland. ...
Findlater Castle sits in a romantic position on a 50-foot-high cliff overlooking the North Sea on the coast of what was Banffshire, Scotland. ...
Huntly Castle is a ruined castle near Huntly in the Grampian region of Scotland. ...
Kildrummy Castle is a ruined castle near Kildrummy the traditional Scottish county of Aberdeenshire. ...
Muchalls Castle, Kincardineshire Muchalls Castle stands overlooking the North Sea in the countryside of historic Kincardineshire, Scotland. ...
Moreland Castle is a castle in Scotland. ...
Angus Brechin Castle is a castle located in Brechin, County Angus, Scotland. ...
Colliston Castle, near Arbroath, Scotland, was built in 1545 by Cardinal Beaton, abbott of Arbroath Abbey. ...
Just off the main road through the sleepy little town of Edzell lies one of the numerous castles in Scotland that is often overlooked by tourists. ...
Glamis Castle Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis — pronounced Glahmz (in IPA [É¡lÉ‘Ëmz]) — in the county of Angus, Scotland. ...
Kellie Castle is a castle 5 kilometres north of Pittenweem in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. ...
Argyll and Bute Duart Castle, Isle of Mull Duart Castle is a castle on the west coast of Scotland, located on the Isle of Mull within the council area of Argyll and Bute. ...
Tobermory with 700 people, the largest settlement on Mull, is home to the only whisky distillery on the island. ...
Location Dunans Castle is located in Glendaruel (off the A886) in the Argyll and Bute region of Scoltand. ...
Dunollie castle Dunollie castle is a small ruin located on a hill above the town of Oban, Scotland. ...
Dunstaffnage Castle. ...
Inveraray Castle is a castle in western Scotland. ...
Kilchurn Castle is a ruined 15th century structure on the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll, Scotland. ...
Castle Stalker is a four storey tower house or keep picturesquely set on a small islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe. ...
Ayrshire and Arran Brodick Castle is a castle situated outside the port of Brodick on the Isle of Arran, an island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. ...
Culzean Castle (pronounced cull-ANE) is a castle near Maybole on the Ayrshire coast of Scotland. ...
Located on the west coast of Scotland, about 5 miles south of Ayr. ...
Situated on a promontory in the middle of Lochranza, on the North of the Isle of Arran in Scotland. ...
Situated on the west coast of Scotland, about 3km from West Kilbride. ...
Dumfries and Galloway Caerlaverock Castle. ...
Drumlanrig Castle is a large castle in the Southwest of Scotland, near to Thornhill, in Dumfries and Galloway. ...
Threave Castle is situated on an island in the River Dee and was the home of the Douglas family from the 1300s to 1640. ...
Dunbartonshire Dumbarton Castle has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Great Britain. ...
Dundee Broughty Castle, completed around 1495, was surrendered to the English in 1547 by Lord Gray following the Battle of Pinkie; it wasnt for another three years, in February 1550 that the French and Scots managed to recapture it. ...
// Location Castle Huntly sits approximately seven miles west of Dundee in the Carse of Gowrie, in central Scotland. ...
Lothian Borthwick Castle. ...
Craigmillar castle Craigmillar castle is a castle situated five kilometres south-east of the centre of the city of Edinburgh. ...
Edinburgh Castle and NorLoch, around 1780 by Alexander Nasmyth Edinburgh Castle is an ancient stronghold on the Castle Rock in the centre of the city of Edinburgh, has been in use by assorted military forces since 900 BC and only transferred from Ministry of Defence administration recently. ...
Fife Kellie Castle is a castle 5 kilometres north of Pittenweem in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. ...
Rossend Castle is an historic building in Burntisland, a town in Fife, Scotland. ...
Ruins of St Andrews castle overlooking the North Sea St Andrews castle is a picturesque ruin located in the coastal town of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. ...
Wemyss Castle, in West Wemyss, Fife, Scotland was the ancient seat of the family of the same name and has played a conspicuous part in Scottish history. ...
Highland Achnacarry is a private estate and castle of the Scottish Highlands in the Lochaber region of Inverness-shire, about 15 miles north of the town of Fort William near the small town of Spean Bridge. ...
Ardvreck Castle // Location Standing on a rocky promontory jutting out into Loch Assynt in north west Scotland, Ardvreck Castle is a ruined castle dating from the 16th century. ...
Kildary is a small village in Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. ...
Carbisdale Castle was built by the Duchess of Sutherland and is now used as a youth hostel, operated by the Scottish Youth Hostel Association. ...
Castle Stalker is a four storey tower house or keep picturesquely set on a small islet on Loch Laich, an inlet off Loch Linnhe. ...
Dunbeath Castle is a castle on the east coast of Caithness in the Scottish Highlands. ...
Dunvegan Castle, looking towards MacLeods Tables Dunvegan Castle is a castle at Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland. ...
Loch Duich and Eilean Donan castle Eilean Donan castle and some surroundings Eilean Donan (Scottish Gaelic for Island of Donan), is a small island in Loch Duich in the western Highlands of Scotland. ...
Castles in Scotland A list of Scottish castles. ...
Inverness Castle Inverness Castle sits on a cliff overlooking the River Ness, in Scotland. ...
Kilravock Castle (pronounced Kil-rock) is a traditional Scottish castle in the village of Nairn, near Inverness, Scotland. ...
Skibo Castle is located to the west of Dornoch in Sutherland, Scotland overlooking the Dornoch Firth. ...
Castle Tioram Castle Tioram (pronounced Chee-rum) is a ruined castle that sits on a tidal island in Loch Moidart, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. ...
Urquhart Castle, main tower Urquhart Castle (Ordnance Survey grid reference NH530286) sits beside Loch Ness in Scotland along a strategic road, the A82, between Fort William and Inverness. ...
Inverclyde The Renaissance mansion of Newark Castle as seen from the west is linked to the original 15th century tower house to the left . ...
Lanarkshire The Donjon seen from the Great Hall Bothwell Castle is a large medieval castle sited on a high steep bank above a bend in the River Clyde between Uddingston and the small town of Bothwell in Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Glasgow. ...
Cadzow Castle is a medieval ruin situated a few miles outside Hamilton, Scotland. ...
Crookston Castle is located in the Pollok district of Glasgow, some 5 miles (8 km) south of the city center and overlooking the Levern Water, just before its confluence with the White Cart Water. ...
Midlothian Blackness Castle was a minor garrison on the Firth of Forth, but John Selzer considered it important enough to add the massive spur protecting the gate and shortened the Stern tower as a base for 3 heavy guns. ...
Dalhousie Castle is a castle in Scotland. ...
Moray Auchindoun Castle is a 15th century L-Plan tower castle near Duffton in the Grampian region of Scotland. ...
Dufftown is a burgh in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom. ...
Balvenie Castle is a ruined castle near Dufftown in the Grampian region of Scotland. ...
Dufftown is a burgh in Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom. ...
Orkney The Bishops Palace, Kirkwall was built at the same time as the adjacent St Magnus Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney was being constructed, and housed the cathedrals first bishop, William the Old of the Norwegian Catholic church who took his authority from the Archbishop of Trondheim. ...
The Earls Palace in Birsay, Orkney is a ruined castle. ...
Birsay is a parish in the North West corner of The Mainland of Orkney. ...
The ruins of the Earls Palace, Kirkwall lie near St Magnus Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney. ...
Location within the British Isles Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands, in northern Scotland. ...
Perthshire Balvaird Castle, viewed from the north. ...
Castle Menzies in Scotland is home of the Menzies Clan. ...
Edinample Castle is a late 16th century castle on the southern shores of Loch Earn near Balquhidder in the district of Perthshire, Scotland. ...
Finlarig Castle is an early 17th century castle standing on on a peninsula between the River Lochay and Loch Tay, roughly 1 kilometre north of Killin in the district of Perthshire, Scotland. ...
Huntingtower Castle in Perthshire was built in the 13th century by the Ruthven family. ...
Situated in the heart of Perthshire in central Scotland, Meggernie Castle is located halfway up Glenlyon, where the river Lyon flows through on its way to join Loch Tay. ...
Scottish Borders Floors Castle in 1880. ...
The centre of Kelso with its cobbled square. ...
Hermitage Castle is a castle in the border region of Scotland. ...
Newcastleton, or Copshaw Holm is a village in the Scottish Borders, only a few miles from the border of Scotland with England. ...
Nisbet is small settlement in the traditional county of Berwickshire, Scotland. ...
Thirlestane Castle. ...
Lauder is a Royal Burgh in the Scottish Borders. ...
Neidpath Castle is a L-plan rubble built tower, over looking the river Tweed about 1 mile west of Peebles. ...
Old Parish Church, Peebles Location within the British Isles Peebles 55°39′ N 3°11′ W is a burgh in the traditional county of Peeblesshire (of which it is the county town), in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed. ...
Stirling Doune Castle sited above the River Teith. ...
Loch Leven Castle is a castle on an island at in Loch Leven in the Perth and Kinross region of Scotland. ...
Stirling Castle (southwest aspect) Stirling Castle is an historic castle in Stirling, Scotland. ...
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