Castles in Scotland - Definition and Overview

Castles in Scotland is a link page for any castle in Scotland.

Note that there are an estimated 3000 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

Aberdeenshire

• Auchindoun Castle
• Balmoral Castle
• Ballindalloch Castle
• Balvenie Castle
• Bognie Castle (also known as Conzie Castle)
• Braemar Castle
• Brodie Castle
• Corgarff Castle
• Craigievar Castle
• Crathes Castle
• Castle Fraser
• Delgatie Castle
• Drum Castle
• Dunnideer Castle
• Dunnottar Castle
• Elgin Cathedral
• Fyvie Castle
• Esselmont Castle
• Findlater Castle
• Glenbuchat Castle
• Huntly Castle
• Kildrummy Castle
• Kindrochit Castle
• Slains Castle
• Tolquhoun Castle

Angus

• Affleck Castle
• Airlie Castle
• Brechin Castle
• Colliston Castle
• Cortachy Castle
• Ethie Castle
• Edzell Castle
• Farnell Castle
• Finavon Castle
• Glamis Castle
• Guthrie Castle
• Hatton Castle
• Inverquharity Castle
• Kellie Castle
• Kinnaird Castle
• Melgund Castle
• Red Castle

Argyll and Bute

• Carrick Castle
• Duart Castle, on the Isle of Mull
• Fincharn Castle
• Kilchurn Castle
• Lachlan Castle
• Castle Stalker

Ayrshire and Arran

• Brodick Castle
• Culzean Castle

Dumfries and Galloway

• Caerlaverock Castle
• Torthorwald Castle

Dundee

• Broughty Castle
• Claypotts Castle
• Dudhope Castle
• Mains Castle

Edinburgh

• Craigmillar Castle
• Edinburgh Castle

Fife

• Aberdour Castle
• Balgonie Castle
• Ballinbreich Castle
• Denmylne Castle
• Kellie Castle
• Ravenscraig Castle
• St Andrews Castle

Highland

• Balnagown Castle
• Carbisdale Castle
• Castle of May
• Castle Stalker
• Dunbeath Castle
• Dunvegan Castle
• Eilann Donan Castle
• Inverness Castle
• Skibo Castle
• Tioram Castle
• Urquhart Castle

Lanarkshire

• Bothwell Castle
• Cadzow Castle

Midlothian

• Crichton Castle
• Blackness Castle
• Dalhousie Castle

Moray

• Auchindoun Castle, Dufftown
• Balvenie Castle, Dufftown

Orkney

• Balfour Castle
• The Bishop's Palace
• The Earl's Palace, Birsay
• The Earl's Palace, Kirkwall
• Kirkwall Castle
• Notland Castle

Perthshire

• Balvaird Castle
• Burleigh Castle
• Castle Menzies
• Elcho Castle
• Huntingtower Castle
• Kinnaird Castle
• Taymouth Castle

Scottish Borders

• Floors Castle, Kelso
• Jedburgh Castle and Jail
• Hermitage Castle, Newcastleton
• Thirlestane Castle, Lauder
• Neidpath Castle, Peebles

Stirling

• Doune Castle
• Loch Leven Castle
• Stirling Castle