This is a list of castles in the Highland council area of Scotland.
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture |
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Aberscross Castle | No remains | ||||||
Achnacarry Castle | Occupied | ||||||
Ackergill Tower | Occupied | ||||||
Ardtornish Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Ardvreck Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Armadale Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Ballone Castle | Z-plan tower house | late 16th century | Restored as residence | Private | near Portmahomack | Restored from scratch after 1990 | |
Balnagown Castle | Occupied | ||||||
Balquholly Castle | Occupied | 57° 30′ 44″ N, 2° 24′ 25″ W | Now known as Hatton Castle, originally owned by same Mowatts who owned Buchollie Castle | ||||
Beaufort Castle | Occupied | ||||||
Borve Castle, Benbecula | Ruin | ||||||
Borve Castle, Sutherland | Ruin | ||||||
Braal Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Brahan Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Brims Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Buchollie Castle | Begun in 1148 [1] [2] | Ruin | near Freswick in Caithness | ||||
Caisteal Maol | Ruin | ||||||
Carbisdale Castle | Occupied | ||||||
Castle Chanonry of Ross | No remains | ||||||
Castle of Mey | Historic House | Occupied | |||||
Cawdor Castle | Historic House | Begun in 1454, with keep dating to this period. Mostly 17th century | Occupied | Nairnshire | |||
Castle Craig | Ruin | ||||||
Dalcross Castle | L-plan | 17th century | Occupied | Private | Dalcross, Highland | Nairnshire | |
Daviot Castle | Site | Daviot, Highland | |||||
Dingwall Castle | Ruin | Dingwall | |||||
Dornoch Castle | Occupied | ||||||
Dounreay Castle | L-plan | 16th century | Ruin | Within the grounds of Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment | |||
Dunbeath Castle | Occupied | ||||||
Dun Ringill | Ruin | ||||||
Dunrobin Castle | Occupied | Castle open | |||||
Dunscaith Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Duntulm Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Dunvegan Castle | Historic House | Occupied | |||||
Eilean Donan Castle | Dornie | Rebuilt in 20th century | |||||
Erchless Castle | Occupied | Private | Struy | ||||
Foulis Castle | Occupied | ||||||
Forse Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Freswick | Occupied | ||||||
Glengarry Castle | Alternative name for Invergarry Castle? | ||||||
Castle Grant | Occupied | Private | |||||
Helmsdale Castle | 15th century | No remains | Helmsdale, Sutherland | Demolished in the 1970s | |||
Invergarry Castle | 17th century | Ruin | Invergarry Castle Preservation Trust | Loch Oich, Great Glen | Ruins under preservation | ||
Inverlochy Castle | C13 | Ruin | Historic Environment Scotland | nr Fort William | |||
Inverness Castle | Largely C19 | Occupied | Highland Council | Part used as Court Houses | |||
Keiss Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Kilravock Castle | Occupied | Nairnshire | Rose family | ||||
Kinloch Castle | Occupied | ||||||
Kinlochaline Castle | Occupied | ||||||
Knock Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Castle Leod | Occupied | ||||||
Lochindorb Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Milntown Castle | No remains | ||||||
Mingarry Castle | Medieval hall | 13th century | Ruin | Ardnamurchan Peninsula | Undergoing preservation, renovation and restoration | ||
Muckrach Castle | Occupied | ||||||
Moniack Castle | Occupied | ||||||
Newmore Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Castle of Old Wick | 14th Century | Ruin | Historic Environment Scotland | Wick, Caithness | |||
Ormlie | |||||||
Ormond Castle | Ruin | Also known as Avoch Castle | |||||
Petty Castle | Ruin | Also known as Halhill | |||||
Rait Castle | 14th century | Ruin | Private | Nairnshire | http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG45363 | ||
Redcastle or Castle Roy | Ruin | ||||||
Scrabster Castle | 12th century | Ruin | 58°36′04″N3°32′20″W / 58.601013°N 3.538941°W | Bishop's castle | |||
Sinclair & Girnigoe Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Skibo Castle | Occupied | ||||||
Strome Castle | Ruin | National Trust for Scotland | |||||
Castle Stuart | Tower house | 1625 | Restored as residence | Private | |||
Tarradale Castle | |||||||
Teaninich Castle | Occupied | ||||||
Castle Tioram | Ruin | ||||||
Tor Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Ruin | ||||
Tulloch Castle | 16th century | Occupied | |||||
Urquhart Castle | Ruin | Historic Environment Scotland | 57.324°N 4.442°W | ||||
Varrich Castle | 1000AD? | Ruin | Tongue, Highland |
Scrabster Castle was a castle, near Burnside, about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north and west of Thurso, and 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the village of Scrabster, Highland in Scotland, south of Thurso Bay. It is on an eroding promontory.
Proncy Castle is a ruined castle located near Dornoch, Highland, Scotland. It is within the historic county of Sutherland. The castle is positioned to command open views to the south over the Dornoch Firth.