List of castles in Dumfries and Galloway

This is a list of castles in Dumfries and Galloway.

List

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Abbot's Tower	L-plan tower house	Late 16th century	Restored in 1990; in use as a residence	Private	NX 97250 66643
Amisfield Tower also known as Hempisfield Tower	Tower house	17th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	NX 99203 83800
Annan Castle		12th century	Motte remains		NY 1920 6675	[1]
Auchen Castle	Courtyard castle	14th century	Ruined	Private	NT 06319 03500	Also the name of a nearby baronial house of 1849
Auchenrivock Tower	L-plan tower house	Late 16th century	Ruined	Buccleuch Estate	NY 3721 8050
Auchenskeoch Castle	Z-plan tower house	17th century	Ruined		NX 91742 58873	Only Z-plan tower in Galloway
Auchness Castle					NX 10674 44580
Baldoon Castle	Tower house	17th century	Ruined	Private	Kirkinner NX 42514 53538
Balmangan Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined		NX 65021 45710
Barclosh Castle	Oblong plan tower house	Late 16th century	Ruined	Private	NX 85478 62474
Barholm Castle	Tower house	15th century	Restored as a residence	Private	NX 52073 52959
Barjarg Tower	L-plan tower house	Late 16th century	Progressively restored since 18th century		NX 87792 90049	[2]
Barscobe Castle	L-plan tower house	1648	Restored 1971	Private	NX 65967 80640
Blackethouse Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined		NY 24338 74369
Blacklaw Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined	Forestry Commission	NT 0521 0673
Bonshaw Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Preserved	Private	NY 24256 72068
Boreland Tower	Tower House	Late 16th century			NY 0652 9574
Breckonside Tower	Pele tower	Late 16th or early 17th century	Ruined		Near Moniaive NX 84057 88908
Breckonside Tower or Breconside	Oblong plan tower house	c. 1591	Ruined	Abandoned 1980	Near Moffat NT 10797 02191	Much altered and converted to a farmhouse.[3][4]
Brydekirk Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Private	NY 18696 71113	Ruins form part of series of outbuildings at Brydekirk Mains farm
Buittle Castle		12th century	Ruined		NX 81915 61628
Buittle Place		16th century	Restored		NX 81817 61652
Caerlaverock Castle	Courtyard castle	13th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NY025656
Cardoness Castle	Tower house	15th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NX589553
Carsluith Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NX494542
Castle Clanyard					NX 10850 37428
Castle Kennedy	Tower house	14th century	Ruined	Private	Near Stranraer NX110608	In the grounds of Lochinch Castle, extensive gardens
Castle of Park	Tower house	16th century	Restored as holiday accommodation	Historic Scotland	Near Glenluce NX188571	Leased to Landmark Trust
Castle of St. John	Tower house	16th century	Restored as a museum	Dumfries and Galloway Council	Stranraer NX060607
Castlemilk Tower	Tower house	15th century	Demolished c. 1707		NY149776
Closeburn Castle	Tower house	14th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	NX907921
Comlongon Castle	Tower house	15th century	Restored as a hotel	Private	NY079690	19th century extensions
Cornal Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined		NT112044
Corra Castle, Kirkgunzeon			Only remains are those of 17th-century house	Private	NX867662
Corsewall Castle		15th century	Ruin		Near Stranraer NW991714
Craigcaffie Castle		c. 1570	Repaired Ruin		Innermessan NX088641	Class A listed building
Crawfordton Tower	Trapezoid plan tower house		Ruined		NX816889
Cruggleton Castle	Motte and bailey	12th century	Ruined	Private	In Wigtownshire NX483428
Cumstoun Castle	Oblong plan tower house	c. 1500	Ruined		NX682532
Dalswinton Tower	Z-plan tower house	Early 16th century	Ruined		Dalswinton NX945840	[5]
Drumcoltran Tower	L-plan tower house	Late 16th century	Preserved	Historic Scotland	NX869682
Drumlanrig Castle	Renaissance house	17th century	Still in use as a residence	Duke of Buccleuch	NX850992	On the site of an earlier castle
Dumfries Castle		12th century	Ruined		Dumfries
Dundeugh Castle	L-plan tower house	16th century	Ruined	Forestry Commission	NX601880
Dunskey Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Private	Portpatrick NX003533	[6]
Earlstoun Castle	L-plan tower house	16th century	Decayed but roof maintained	Private	NX618441	[7]
Edingham Castle	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined		NX839628
Eliock House	Tower house	16th century	Partly ruined		NS797075	Subsequent alterations, fire damaged in 1945. Category B listed building.[8]
Elshieshields Tower	Tower house	16th century	Restored		NY069850	[9]
Fourmerkland Tower	Oblong plan tower house	1590	Preserved		NX908808	[10]
Frenchland Tower	Oblong plan tower house	Late 16th or early 17th century	Ruined		NT102054
Friar's Carse	Baronial mansion	1873	Occupied as a hotel	Private	NX125850	On the site of a castle
Galdenoch Castle					Leswalt NW975633	Scheduled monument.[11]
Gillesbie Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined		NY172919
Gilnockie Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Restored as a residence	Private	NY382785	Also known as Hollows Tower
Glenae Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined		NX984905	Entrance reminiscent of bastle-house or pele-house
Hills Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Restored c. 1930		NX912726	Retains barmkin and gatehouse
Hoddom Castle	Fortified enclosure containing L-plan tower house	1565	Preserved		NY155729
Isle Tower or Lochar Tower	Oblong plan tower house	1587	Preserved		NY149776
Isle of Whithorn Castle	Tower house	1674	Preserved as a residence			Isle of Whithorn Originally known as "The Isle"
Kenmure Castle		16th century			NX635764
Killaser Castle					NX 0964 4509
Kirkconnell Tower	Tower house	15th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	NX979680
Kirkcudbright Castle		12th century	motte and bailey, site next to MacLellan's Castle			Greyfriar's Church built on the site
Lag Tower	Oblong plan tower house		Ruined		NX881862
Langholm Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined		NY361849
Lochar Tower	Rectangular plan tower house	16th century	Ruined		NY028690
Lochhouse Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Restored as a residence	Private	NT082033
Lochinch Castle	Baronial house	1867	Still in use as a residence	Private	Near Stranraer NX106618
Old Lochmaben Castle	Motte and bailey	12th century	Earthworks 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 enceinte	c. 1298 King Edward	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Lochmaben NY088811
Lochnaw Castle	Tower house	16th century			Leswalt NW991628	Large 17th century additions
Lochwood Castle	L-plan tower house	15th century	Ruined	Private	NY084967	Also known as Lochwood Tower
Lockerbie Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Demolished 1967		NY136814	Site cleared to make way for present police station
MacLellan's Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Kirkcudbright NX681510
Mellingshaw Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined		NT037088
Morton Castle	Courtyard castle	15th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NX890992	Preceded by a 13th-century castle[12]
Mouswald Tower	Oblong plan tower house	c. 1562	Ruined		NY062739
Myreton Castle	Tower House and later Great House	16th century	Ruined	Private	?	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 house	15th Century	Demolished 1816. Fragmentary remains	Private	NY17426469	Held by the Corries, Johnstones and then the Marquises of Annandale. Newbie Harbour was close by
Orchardton Tower	Tower house	15th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NX817550
Plunton Castle	Tower House		Ruined
Raecleugh Tower	Bastle house		Ruined		NT038118	Farmhouse, Moffat
Repentance Tower	Tower house	1565	Preserved	Private	NY155722
Robgill Tower	Tower house	12th century or earlier			NY248717
Rusko Castle	Tower house		Restored	Private
Sanquhar Castle	Courtyard castle	15th century	Ruined	Private	NS785092	Partially restored in the 19th century
Sorbie Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Sorbie NX449470
Staplegorton Castle	Motte and Bailey	12th century	No remains
Threave Castle	Tower house	14th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	NX739623
Tibbers Castle or Mote de Tibris	Motte and bailey	13th century	No remains	Private	NX862982	The ruins lie within the estate of Drumlanrig Castle
Torthorwald Castle	Oblong plan tower house	14th century	Ruined	Private	NY033782
Wauchope Castle	Motte and bailey / Tower house / Manse	13th century	No remains
Wigtown Castle		12th century	No remains			Wigtown
Wreaths Tower	tower house	before 16th century	ruins		Mainsriddle, nr Southerness NX9529356522

See also

• Castles in Scotland
• List of castles in Scotland
• List of listed buildings in Dumfries and Galloway

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

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