Hermitage Castle
Location: Newcastleton, Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders, Scotlandkind of castle: stone tower house/keep (earlier: motte and bailey, wooden)today: partially ruined and seasonally open to publicpublic transport: …
Castles
Edinburgh Castle
Location: top of Castlehill, Edinburgh, Scotlandkind of castle: royal palace, fortresstoday: mostly open to publicpublic transport: buses and trains to Edinburgh, castle on top of …
Gilnockie Tower
Location: near Canonbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotlandkind of castle: 16th century tower housetoday: visitor centre, Clan Armstrong Museum; all opened to publicpublic transport: buses from …
Scone Palace
Location: Scone north of Perth city centre, Perthshire, Scotlandkind of castle: gothic revival styled historic housetoday: open to publicpublic transport: buses from Perth City Centrescheduled …
Lochmaben Castle
Location: near Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotlandkind of castle: z-plan tower housetoday: ruined and opened to public (currently fences around the walls cause of …
Caerlaverock Castle Old + New
Location: south of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotlandkind of castle: 13th century triangular castle (new one built out of the stones of the old castle)today: …
Linlithgow Palace
Location: Linlithgow, West Lothians, Scotlandkind of castle: Palacetoday: open to publicpublic transport: trains and busses to Linlithgow from Edinburgh and many other big citiesscheduled monument: …
Fourmerkland Tower
Location: Steilston Cottages, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotlandkind of castle: tower housetoday: left alone, still looking pretty good, not accessible to the insidepublic transport: several …
Cardoness Castle
Location: Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotlandkind of castle: tower house castletoday: open to publicpublic transport: busses to Gatehouse of Fleet and close to …
Broughty Castle
Location: Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Angus, Scotlandkind of castle: fortified castletoday: open to public, contains a museumpublic transport: buses to Broughty Ferry, from there a nice …