Roslin Castle
Also spelled: Rosslyn CastleLocation: near Roslin village, Midlothian, Lowlands of Scotlandkind of castle: 14th century stone castletoday: partly ruined, partly habitablepublic transport: buses from Edinburgh …
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Blair Castle, Blair Atholl
Location: Blair Atholl, near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross, Scotlandkind of castle: (these days) Georgian style Mansiontoday: open to public along with the surrounding woodlandspublic transport: …
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: …
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 …
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: …
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 …
Carsluith Castle
Location: Carsluith village, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotlandkind of castle: rectangular tower housetoday: open to publicpublic transport: buses to Carsluith from all over Scotland, e.g. Castle …
Holyroodhouse Palace
Location: bottom end of Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotlandkind of castle: palacetoday: open to public, Queen’s Gallery, royal residencepublic transport: busses to Edinburgh and throughout Edinburghscheduled …