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Castles, Manors and Abbeys in Scotland
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Aberdour Castle
- Very prosperous estate with ceiling paintings.
Ardchattan Priory
- Priory
Ardverikie House
- Glenbogle of
Monarch of the Glen
Ardvreck Castle
- Three story tower house
Auchans Castle
- Built by the Wallaces of Dundonald.
Auchindoun Castle
- About ready to fall down but beautiful.
Ballinbreich Castle
- Located on the banks of the River Tay.
Balmoral Castle
- Holiday home for the royals.
Balvaird Castle
- Nice corbells
Balvenie Castle
- Located in Glen Fiddich
Barcaldine Castle
- Still inhabited by the Campbells of Barcaldine
Barr Tower
- In Renfrewshire.
Bernera Barracks
- Built to house English soldiers
Berriedale Castle
- Ruins, not much left.
Beauly Priory
- Mary Queen of Scots made a visit here.
Bognie Castle
- Also called Conzie Castle
Bothwell Castle
- Castle located southeast of Glasgow
Braemar Castle
- Has a star curtain wall
Brodick Castle
- Started as a tower and later became a hunting lodge
Brodie Castle
- Seat of the Brodie of Brodies
Burleigh Castle
- Tower house with a barmkin wall
Caerlaverock Castle
- An unusually shaped castle
Caisteal a'Torr
- Iron age fort
Caisteal Maol
- Built by a Norse princess
Castle Campbell
- Once known as Castle Gloom
Carnassarie Castle
- Castle on the north end of the Kilmartin Glen
Carn Liath
- Iron Age broch
Carrick Castle
- 15
th
century keep under restoration.
Cawdor Castle
- Very nice gardens
Cille Criosd
- 16
th
century parish church
Collairnie Castle
- Sixteenth century L-plan castle built by the Barclays
Corgarff Castle
- L-plan with star curtain wall
Coxton Tower
- Tower house in very good condition.
Craigievar Castle
- Belonged to a prosperous merchant.
Craignethan Castle
- Nice fortifications
Crathes Castle
- Very intact castle
Dairsie Castle
- A restored castle.
Denmylne Tower
- Did have a water mill.
Dirleton Castle
- Fine gardens and nice 13
th
century structure
Doune Castle
- The place where Monty Python and the Holy Grail was filmed!
Drum Castle
- One of the oldest continuously occupied keeps.
Dryburgh Abbey
- Established by the Premonstratensian Order in 1150.
Duart Castle
- Impressive fortress on the island of Mull.
Duffus Castle
- Good example of a motte and bailey type of castle
Dumbarton Castle
- Castle from the song!
Dumbarton's Drums
Dun a'Bhuilg
- A fairy hilltop with almost no remains.
Dun a'Chaisteal
- Iron age fort location close to Castle Sween.
Dun Beag
- Ancient broch on the Isle of Skye.
Dunbeath Castle
- 17
th
century castle that's still inhabited.
Dundonald Castle
- Three structures have been built on this spot
Dundrennan Abbey
- Mary, Queen of Scots, spent her last night here
Dunnideer Castle
- King Arthur is rumoured to have held court here.
Dunnottar Castle
- Impressive castle perched high above the coast.
Dunollie Castle
- The old seat of the MacDougalls.
Dunoon Castle
- Only grass covered foundations
Dunrobin Castle
- Very large castle, 15
th
century - 19
th
century.
Dun Sgathaich
- What a name!
Dunstaffnage Castle
- Castle on a ROCK.
Dun Telve
- On the same river as Dun Troddan
Dun Toiseach
- A very ruined fort at the top of a hill
Dun Troddan
- Another broch.
Duntrune House
- 19
th
century house
Edenshall Broch
- Ruins of a broch
Edinburgh Castle
- A jewel in Scottish Castles
Eilean Donan Castle
- Most photographed castle.
Elcho Castle
- Beautiful interior molding
Elgin Cathedral
- Beautiful
Esslemont Castle
- Simple place
Fincharn Castle
- Castle on Loch Awe
Findlater Castle
- 14
th
century keep ruins.
Castle Forbes
- something
Fort George
- Active military fort.
Glamis Castle
- One of the royal castles
Girnigoe & Sinclair Castle
- Sometimes listed as two castles.
Glenbuchat Castle
- Also called Glenbucket!
Gylen Castle
- A MacDougall Castle
Hunting Tower
- Beautiful ceiling artwork.
Huntly Manor
- Stately castle, ancient seat of the Gordon clan.
Inchrye Abbey Stable
- What's left of the stable block from Inchrye Abbey
Inveraray Castle
- Home of the Clan Campbell Chief
Invergarry Castle
- Ruined 17
th
century L-plan castle
Inverlochy Castle
- 13
th
century castle built by the Comyns
Iona Abbey
- The cradle of Christianity in Scotland
Jedburgh Abbey
- Established by the Augustinian Order around 1138.
Johnstone Manor
- A small manor house
Keiss Castle
- Z-plan castle on a cliff
Kelso Abbey
- Part of King David I Border abbeys.
Kilchurn Castle
- Impressive castle on Loch Awe
Kildonan Tower
- A 13
th
century keep.
Kildrummy Castle
- Big place
Killiecrankie Pass
- Site of Soldier's Leap.
Kilmartin Manor
- Z-plan tower house
Kilmun Churchyard
- 15
th
century churchyard
Kilravock Castle
- Large Bed and Breakfast
Kindrochit Castle
- Old seat of the Kings.
Knock Castle
- On the Isle of Skye, also known as Caisteal Camus
Knockamillie Castle
- One small corner still stands
Castle Lachlan
- MacLachlans settled here from Ireland
Leith Hall
- A large square courtyard structure
Lindores Abbey
- Lovely ruined abbey by the River Tay.
Lochranza Castle
- Was a hunting lodge for the Kings of Scotland
Lordscairnie Tower
- It has a machicolation!
McCaig's Tower
- about 100 years old
Melrose Abbey
- King Robert Bruces heart may be buried here.
Moniak Castle
- Winery in the Highlands
Moy Castle
- On Lochbuie
Newark Castle
- One of four Newark Castles
Paisley Abbey
- Abbey located in Paisley!
Peel Ring of Lumphanan
- Motte and bailey castle
Portencross Castle
- Rest stop for Robert the Bruce
Rait Castle
- Example of a hall house
Ravenscraig Castle
- Started life as a royal residence.
Rothesay Castle
- On the Isle of Butte
Ruthven Barracks
- Barracks built to house royal soldiers.
St. Andrews Castle
- Castle with a siege mine and countermine.
Saltcoats Castle
- Courtyard castle
Scotstarvit Tower
- Well kept tower once owned by Sir John Scott.
Skelbo Castle
- 14
th
century keep from the Sutherlands
Skipness Castle
- Built by MacSweens to defend against the Vikings
Spynie Palace
- Was the cathedral of Moray until 1224
Castle Stalker
- A Stewart castle
Stirling Castle
- Central point of Scotland
Strathaven Castle
- A little tower castle
Stuart Castle
- 17
th
century tower house, now a B&B
Castle Sween
- 12
th
century square castle on Loch Sween
Sweetheart Abbey
- Cistercian Abbey
Tantallon Castle
- Large 14
th
century courtyard castle.
Tarbert Castle
- Landing spot for vikings.
Thirlestane Castle
- A 16
th
century castle
Threave Castle
- Fourteenth century keep.
Tioram Castle
- Former seat of MacDonald of clan Ranald
Tolquhoun Castle
- Large mansion built around a courtyard
Toward Castle
- Former home of the Lamonts
Urquhart Castle
- The main castle on Loch Ness
Old Wick Keep
- One of the oldest keeps in Scotland