List of castles in Dumfries and Galloway

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NameTypeDateConditionOwnershipLocationNotesPicture
Abbot's Tower L-plan tower houseLate 16th centuryRestored in 1990; in use as a residencePrivate NX 97250 66643 Abbot's Tower.JPG
Amisfield Tower also known as Hempisfield TowerTower house17th centuryStill in use as a residencePrivate NX 99203 83800 Amisfield Tower, Tinwald, Dumfriesshire c.1789. PD-old-100.jpg
Annan Castle 12th centuryMotte remains NY 1920 6675 [1] Annan, Mote of Annan. Motte and Bailey Castle on right.jpg
Auchen Castle Courtyard castle14th centuryRuinedPrivate NT 06319 03500 Also the name of a nearby baronial house of 1849 Auchen Castle.jpg
Auchenrivock Tower L-plan tower houseLate 16th centuryRuinedBuccleuch Estate NY 3721 8050
Auchenskeoch Castle Z-plan tower house17th centuryRuined NX 91742 58873 Only Z-plan tower in Galloway Auchenskeoch ( Castle Farm ).jpg
Auchness Castle NX 10674 44580 Auchness Tower, Ardwell - geograph.org.uk - 746684.jpg
Baldoon Castle Tower house17th centuryRuinedPrivate Kirkinner NX 42514 53538 Baldoon Castle.jpg
Balmangan Tower Oblong plan tower house16th centuryRuined NX 65021 45710 Balmangan Tower, Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire.jpg
Barclosh Castle Oblong plan tower houseLate 16th centuryRuinedPrivate NX 85478 62474
Barholm Castle Tower house15th centuryRestored as a residencePrivate NX 52073 52959 Barholm Castle.jpg
Barjarg Tower L-plan tower houseLate 16th centuryProgressively restored since 18th century NX 87792 90049 [2] Barjarg Tower Gatehouse - geograph.org.uk - 1057785.jpg
Barscobe Castle L-plan tower house1648Restored 1971Private NX 65967 80640 Barscobe Castle 1.jpg
Blackethouse Tower Oblong plan tower house16th centuryRuined NY 24338 74369
Blacklaw Tower Oblong plan tower house16th centuryRuined Forestry Commission NT 0521 0673 Blacklaw Tower, Moffat.jpg
Bonshaw Tower Oblong plan tower house16th centuryPreservedPrivate NY 24256 72068 Bonshaw Tower, Annan, Dumfriesshire.jpg
Boreland Tower Tower HouseLate 16th century NY 0652 9574 Boreland Tower - geograph.org.uk - 831675.jpg
Breckonside Tower Pele tower Late 16th or early 17th centuryRuinedNear Moniaive NX 84057 88908
Breckonside Tower or BreconsideOblong plan tower housec. 1591RuinedAbandoned 1980Near Moffat NT 10797 02191 Much altered and converted to a farmhouse. [3] [4]
Brydekirk Tower Tower house16th centuryRuinedPrivate NY 18696 71113 Ruins form part of series of outbuildings at Brydekirk Mains farm Approach to Brydekirk Mains - geograph.org.uk - 966870.jpg
Buittle Castle 12th centuryRuined NX 81915 61628 Buittle Castle - geograph.org.uk - 718206.jpg
Buittle Place 16th centuryRestored NX 81817 61652 Buittle Place - geograph.org.uk - 685870.jpg
Caerlaverock Castle Courtyard castle13th centuryRuinedHistoric Scotland NY025656 Caerlaverock Castle from the air.jpg
Cardoness Castle Tower house15th centuryRuinedHistoric Scotland NX589553 Cardoness Castle 20080422 01.jpg
Carsluith Castle Tower house16th centuryRuinedHistoric Scotland NX494542 Carsluith Castle 2008.JPG
Castle Clanyard NX 10850 37428 Castle Clanyard (Remains) - geograph.org.uk - 563692.jpg
Castle Kennedy Tower house14th centuryRuinedPrivateNear Stranraer NX110608 In the grounds of Lochinch Castle, extensive gardens Castle Kennedy - geograph.org.uk - 331046.jpg
Castle of Park Tower house16th centuryRestored as holiday accommodationHistoric ScotlandNear Glenluce NX188571 Leased to Landmark Trust Castle of Park Glenluce exterior.JPG
Castle of St. John Tower house16th centuryRestored as a museum Dumfries and Galloway Council Stranraer NX060607 Stranraer Castle.jpg
Castlemilk Tower Tower house15th centuryDemolished c. 1707 NY149776
Closeburn Castle Tower house14th centuryStill in use as a residencePrivate NX907921 Castle 1.jpg
Comlongon Castle Tower house15th centuryRestored as a hotelPrivate NY079690 19th century extensions Comlongon Castle.jpg
Cornal Tower Oblong plan tower house16th centuryRuined NT112044 Cornal Tower ruins, Moffat.jpg
Corra Castle, Kirkgunzeon Only remains are those of 17th-century housePrivate NX867662 Corra Castle - geograph.org.uk - 134240.jpg
Corsewall Castle 15th centuryRuinNear Stranraer NW991714 Remains of Corsewall Castle - geograph.org.uk - 862643.jpg
Craigcaffie Castle c. 1570Repaired RuinInnermessan NX088641 Class A listed building Craigcaffie Castle, Innermessan - geograph.org.uk - 757969.jpg
Crawfordton Tower Trapezoid plan tower houseRuined NX816889
Cruggleton Castle Motte and bailey12th centuryRuinedPrivateIn Wigtownshire NX483428 Cruggleton Castle.jpg
Cumstoun Castle Oblong plan tower housec. 1500Ruined NX682532
Dalswinton Tower Z-plan tower houseEarly 16th centuryRuined Dalswinton NX945840 [5] Dalswinton Tower ruins, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. 'Z-shaped' castle remains - external view of openings.jpg
Drumcoltran Tower L-plan tower houseLate 16th centuryPreservedHistoric Scotland NX869682 Drumcoltran Tower.JPG
Drumlanrig Castle Renaissance house17th centuryStill in use as a residence Duke of Buccleuch NX850992 On the site of an earlier castle Drumlanrig Castle.jpg
Dumfries Castle 12th centuryRuined Dumfries
Dundeugh Castle L-plan tower house16th centuryRuinedForestry Commission NX601880 Castle Dundeugh ruins - geograph.org.uk - 95469.jpg
Dunskey Castle Tower house16th centuryRuinedPrivate Portpatrick NX003533 [6] Dunskey Castle2.jpg
Earlstoun Castle L-plan tower house16th centuryDecayed but roof maintainedPrivate NX618441 [7] Earlstoun Castle.jpg
Edingham Castle Oblong plan tower house16th centuryRuined NX839628 Edingham Castle.JPG
Eliock House Tower house16th centuryPartly ruined NS797075 Subsequent alterations, fire damaged in 1945. Category B listed building. [8]
Elshieshields Tower Tower house16th centuryRestored NY069850 [9]
Fourmerkland Tower Oblong plan tower house1590Preserved NX908808 [10] Fourmerkland Tower, Holywood, Dumfriesshire.jpg
Frenchland Tower Oblong plan tower houseLate 16th or early 17th centuryRuined NT102054 The remains of Frenchland Tower - geograph.org.uk - 398936.jpg
Friar's Carse Baronial mansion1873Occupied as a hotelPrivate NX125850 On the site of a castle Friar's Carse, Scotland.jpg
Galdenoch Castle Leswalt NW975633 Scheduled monument. [11] Galdenoch Castle (remains) - geograph.org.uk - 240913.jpg
Gillesbie Tower Oblong plan tower house16th centuryRuined NY172919
Gilnockie Tower Oblong plan tower house16th centuryRestored as a residencePrivate NY382785 Also known as Hollows Tower Gilnockie Tower April 29 2007.JPG
Glenae Tower Tower house16th centuryRuined NX984905 Entrance reminiscent of bastle-house or pele-house
Hills Tower Oblong plan tower house16th centuryRestored c. 1930 NX912726 Retains barmkin and gatehouse Hills Tower.JPG
Hoddom Castle Fortified enclosure containing L-plan tower house1565Preserved NY155729 Hoddom Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1475775.jpg
Isle Tower or Lochar Tower Oblong plan tower house1587Preserved NY149776 Looking up the Lochar Water towards Isle Tower - geograph.org.uk - 1273274.jpg
Isle of Whithorn Castle Tower house1674Preserved as a residence Isle of Whithorn Originally known as "The Isle" Isle of Whithorn Castle.JPG
Kenmure Castle 16th century NX635764 Kenmure Castle - geograph.org.uk - 690489.jpg
Killaser Castle NX 0964 4509 Killaser Castle, Cairnhandy - geograph.org.uk - 746673.jpg
Kirkconnell Tower Tower house15th centuryStill in use as a residencePrivate NX979680 Kirkconnell Tower - geograph.org.uk - 397816.jpg
Kirkcudbright Castle 12th century motte and bailey, site next to MacLellan's CastleGreyfriar's Church built on the site Castle and church Kirkcudbright - geograph.org.uk - 281465.jpg
Lag Tower Oblong plan tower houseRuined NX881862 Lag Tower ruins, Dunscore.jpg
Langholm Tower Tower house16th centuryRuined NY361849 Langholm Castle - geograph.org.uk - 858589.jpg
Lochar Tower Rectangular plan tower house16th centuryRuined NY028690 Lochar Tower.JPG
Lochhouse Tower Oblong plan tower house16th centuryRestored as a residencePrivate NT082033 Lochhouse Tower.jpg
Lochinch Castle Baronial house1867Still in use as a residencePrivateNear Stranraer NX106618 Lochinch Castle - geograph.org.uk - 13404.jpg
Old Lochmaben Castle Motte and bailey12th centuryEarthworks only remain Lochmaben NY0820882206 Possible birthplace of Robert the Bruce, 1274. Located at 2nd green and 3rd tee of Lochmaben Golf Course
Lochmaben Castle Castle of enceintec. 1298 King EdwardRuinedHistoric Scotland Lochmaben NY088811 Lochmaben Castle 01.jpg
Lochnaw Castle Tower house16th century Leswalt NW991628 Large 17th century additions Lochnaw Castle.jpg
Lochwood Castle L-plan tower house15th centuryRuinedPrivate NY084967 Also known as Lochwood Tower Lochwood Castle - geograph.org.uk - 220345.jpg
Lockerbie Tower Oblong plan tower house16th centuryDemolished 1967 NY136814 Site cleared to make way for present police station
MacLellan's Castle Tower house16th centuryRuinedHistoric Scotland Kirkcudbright NX681510 MacLellan's Castle geograph.jpg
Mellingshaw Tower Tower house16th centuryRuined NT037088
Morton Castle Courtyard castle15th centuryRuinedHistoric Scotland NX890992 Preceded by a 13th-century castle [12] Morton Castle.jpg
Mouswald Tower Oblong plan tower housec. 1562Ruined NY062739 Mouswald Tower, Dumfriesshire.jpg
Myreton CastleTower House and later Great House16th centuryRuinedPrivate?Built on an earlier Motte, Seat of the Myreton McCullochs; later sold to the Maxwells, located neat the white loch of Myreton
Newbie Castle Tower house15th CenturyDemolished 1816. Fragmentary remainsPrivate NY17426469 Held by the Corries, Johnstones and then the Marquises of Annandale. Newbie Harbour was close by
Orchardton Castle Baronial Mansion18th CenturyResidentialPrivate Orchardton Bay Built on top of earlier mansion.
Orchardton Tower Tower house15th centuryRuinedHistoric Scotland NX817550 Orchardton Tower.jpg
Plunton Castle Tower HouseRuined Plunton Castle - geograph.org.uk - 494924.jpg
Raecleugh Tower Bastle houseRuined NT038118 Farmhouse, Moffat
Repentance Tower Tower house1565PreservedPrivate NY155722 Repentance Tower - geograph.org.uk - 31412.jpg
Robgill Tower Tower house12th century or earlier NY248717 Robgill Tower.jpg
Rusko Castle Tower houseRestoredPrivate Rusco Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1240081.jpg
Sanquhar Castle Courtyard castle15th centuryRuinedPrivate NS785092 Partially restored in the 19th century Scotland.Sanquhar03.jpg
Sorbie Tower Tower house16th centuryRuinedHistoric Scotland Sorbie NX449470 Sorbie Tower.JPG
Staplegorton Castle Motte and Bailey12th centuryNo remains
Threave Castle Tower house14th centuryRuinedHistoric Scotland NX739623 Threave Castle.jpg
Tibbers Castle or Mote de TibrisMotte and bailey13th centuryNo remainsPrivate NX862982 The ruins lie within the estate of Drumlanrig Castle The motte at Tibbers Castle.jpg
Torthorwald Castle Oblong plan tower house14th centuryRuinedPrivate NY033782 Torthorwald Castle.jpg
Wauchope Castle Motte and bailey / Tower house / Manse13th centuryNo remains
Wigtown Castle 12th centuryNo remains Wigtown
Wreaths Tower tower house before 16th centuryruinsMainsriddle, nr Southerness
NX9529356522 		Wreaths Tower, Kirkbean.jpg

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ sketch of Annan Castle, c. 1560
  2. ↑ Barjarg Tower Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine , Douglas history website
  3. ↑ "Breconside". RCAHMS.
  4. ↑ Breckonside Tower
  5. ↑ Plan of Dalswinton Tower
  6. ↑ Dunskey Castle
  7. ↑ Earlstoun Castle, RCAHMS
  8. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Eliock House (LB17256)" . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  9. ↑ Elshieshields Tower, MacGibbon & Ross
  10. ↑ Fourmerkland Tower
  11. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Galdenoch Castle, Meikle (SM2018)" . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  12. ↑ Sketch of Morton Castle by Francis Grose

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