The Castle Guide – a selection of castles from around the UK
There are now over 1100 Scottish castles in this guide, over 300 Welsh castles, all sorted alphabetically. Please use the search box below to select a castle name, country, a clan or family name, or a town to see what’s within a few miles. Just type in your search term, select what you are searching by, and away you go!
Abberwick Tower, the scant remains of a tower house and deserted settlement lie in fields next to a farmhouse
- Closest To: Abberwick, Alnwick
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NU12551324
Abbots Tower, privately occupied C16 tower of the Browns, abandoned C17 and restored C20
- Closest To: New Abbey, Dumfries
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NX973666
Abergwyngregyn Castle, motte and ?site of medieval llys of Princes of Gwynedd
- Closest To: Abergwyngregyn
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SH656727
Aberafan Castle, site of quadrangular moated enclosure which may have had a central tower. Built over.
- Closest To: Aberafan
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SS762901
Abercairny House or Castle, occupied C20 mansion of the Murrays built near site of earlier buildings, available as a venue
- Closest To: Crieff, Muthill, Fowlis Wester
- Access: Occasional Access
- Grid Reference: NN912224
Abercorn Castle, a now vanished castle of the Douglases on a promontory overlooking the Forth, destroyed by the Crown 1455
- Closest To: Edinburgh, Queensferry, Bo'Ness, Linlithgow
- Access: Chargeable Public Access
- Grid Reference: NT083793
Aberdalgie Castle, site of a C14 castle of the Oliphants later held by the Hays, and now occupied by a C19 mansion of the Dewar family
- Closest To: Perth
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NO081203
Aberdeen Castle, site of a vanished C13 royal castle destroyed 1308, and mid C17 fort now occupied by blocks of flats
- Closest To: Aberdeen
- Access: Free Public Access
- Grid Reference: NJ946064
Aberdour Castle, a ruined C15 tower and courtyard of the Douglases on site of ?C13 hall house of the Mortimers; abandoned C17.
- Closest To: Dunfermline, Dalgety Bay, Burntisland
- Access: Chargeable Public Access
- Grid Reference: NT192855
Aberedw Castle, scant remains of C12-C13 castle of Princes of Powys + Gwynedd
- Closest To: Aberedw
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SO077474
Aberedw Motte, footings of round tower of Princes of Gwynedd on top of prominent motte
- Closest To: Aberedw
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SO078472
Aberffraw Motte, lost site of llys and presumed motte of the princes of Gwynedd abandoned C14
- Closest To: Aberffraw
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SH355689
Abergavenny Castle, ruins of C12-C14 castle of the Braoses and others destroyed C17
- Closest To: Abergavenny
- Access: Chargeable Public Access
- Grid Reference: SO300139
Abergeldie Castle, a privately owned and occupied C16 tower of the Gordons overlooking the River Dee
- Closest To: Crathie,Braemar,Ballater
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NO287952
Aberlleiniog Castle, e/w of C11 ditched motte & ?bailey, later stone fort erected on summit
- Closest To: Beaumaris, Llanfaes, Llangoed
- Access: Free Public Access
- Grid Reference: SH616794
Aberllynfi Castle, e/w of small motte & low bailey on natural bluff overlooking river valley
- Closest To: Three Cocks
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SO171380
Abertarff Castle, site of C12 earthwork castle of the Thirlestanes destroyed in MacWilliam rebellion 1228
- Closest To: Fort Augustus
- Access: Free Public Access
- Grid Reference: NH3808
Aberuchill Castle, privately occupied C17 tower house of the Campbells & Drummonds, extended C19
- Closest To: Comrie
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NN745212
Aberyscir Castle, e/w of ditched motte on riverside promontory site, footings of wall on summit
- Closest To: Aberyscir
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SO000296
Aberystwyth Castle, ruins of large C13 castle of Edward I destroyed C17
- Closest To: Aberystwyth
- Access: Free Public Access
- Grid Reference: SN580815
Abington Motte, earthworks of small ?C12 motte and bailey ?of the Crawfords of Crawfordjohn on riverside site
- Closest To: Abington
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NS932250
Aboyne Castle, a C17 tower house of the Gordons much extended C18-19 and abandoned to be restored in the 1980s.
- Closest To: Aboyne
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NO526996
Achadun Castle, ruins of a C13 courtyard castle of the MacDougalls later held by the Bishops of Argyll, before moving to Saddell Castle
- Closest To: Achnacroish
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NM804393
Achadunan, mound and flat bottomed marshy ditch of motte on riverside site
- Closest To: Cairndow, Inveraray
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NN200135
Achallader Castle, ruins of C16/17 tower house of the Campbells associated with the Massacre of Glencoe and damaged repeatedly before eventual abandonment c1700
- Closest To: Bridge of Orchy
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NN322442