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!
Broncoed Tower, C15 tower built into larger multiphase mansion to C19. Privately occupied
- Closest To: Mold, Buckley
- Access: Occasional Access
- Grid Reference: SJ240620
Bronllys Castle, ruins + earthworks of C13 castle of the Cliffords and Bohuns abandoned C16
- Closest To: Bronllys
- Access: Free Public Access
- Grid Reference: SO146346
Broomhall Castle, occupied C19 mansion built by Foukes and Mackison. Ruined late C20 and now run as a hotel
- Closest To: Menstrie, Alva, Tullibody, Bridge of Allan
- Access: Occasional Access
- Grid Reference: NS853972
Brough Castle is a stone keep and courtyard castle erected within the adapted earthworks of a Roman fort. It was burned down in 1521 and rebuilt in the 17th century before being abandoned. Its an English Heritage property, free to access.
- Access: Free Public Access
- Grid Reference: NY792141
Brough Hall is a substantial country house of the 18th century now subdivided into several privately occupied properties. The oldest part is a 15th century tower which forms the central part of the house first extended c1575.
- Closest To: England
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SE216978
Brougham Castle is a stone keep and courtyard castle occupying a spit of high land overlooking the River Eamont next to a Roman fort. It was founded c1203 and strengthened c1309, before being gentrified in the 16th century. It was badly damaged in the Civil War and fell into disrepair after 17th century refurbishment.
- Access: Chargeable Public Access
- Grid Reference: NY537290
Brougham Hall is a strongly defended courtyard and hall of the 15th century, although some parts may be earlier. Much of the buildings date to the 16th/17th century rebuilding programme and 19th century extensions.
- Access: Free Public Access
- Grid Reference: NY527283
Broughton in Amounderness Tower
Broughton in Amounderness Tower was a 16th century tower house but has been completely demolished and a modern house now occupies the site. What can be seen from the public road is the overgrown north-western side of the rectangular moat and part of the platform to the south-east of the house - the small boundary ditch is post-medieval.
- Closest To: England
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SD541335
Broughton in Furness Tower is a large mansion mainly 18th/19th century but all built around a tower house dating to perhaps the 14th century the hall of which is lost. It is now run as a school and not open to the public.
- Closest To: England
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SD214879
Broughty Castle, a C15 tower house of the Grays in earlier castle of the Douglases. Ruined C17 and restored C19 - now a museum.
- Closest To: Broughty Ferry, Dundee
- Access: Chargeable Public Access
- Grid Reference: NO465304
Bruce's Castle, very ruined C15 tower of the Airth family later owned by the Bruces and Drummonds
- Closest To: Cowie,Plean,Airth,Stenhousemuir,Stirling,Larbert,Falkirk
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NS857878
Brunstane Castle, ruined C16 tower house and courtyard of the Crichtons occupied until at least the C17
- Closest To: Penicuik,West Linton
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NT202582
Brunston Castle, ruins of C17 tower house on riverside site within golf course
- Closest To: Dailly
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NS260011
Bruntisfield Castle or House, occupied C16 tower house extended C17-19 and repeatedly refurbished. Maintained as part of school
- Closest To: Edinburgh
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NT250721
Bryn Derwen Motte, fragmentary e/w of ditched motte & ?bailey on scarp overlooking river
- Closest To: Newtown, Abermule, Montgomery
- Access: Occasional Access
- Grid Reference: SO164953
Bryn Ffanigl-Uchaf, two sets of e/w identified as ?earthwork castles or manors of C13
- Closest To: Abergele
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SH922744
Bryn-y-Castell, ditched motte overlooking river, believed to be late 12th century
- Closest To: Knighton
- Access: Free Public Access
- Grid Reference: SO290722
Bryn-y-Cwn, ditched motte on promontory site perhaps occupied mid C13
- Closest To: Flint
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SJ238714
Bu of Cairston, ruins of C16 tower and courtyard near broch site identified as C12 castle in the Orkneyinga Saga
- Closest To: Stromness
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: HY272096
Buccleuch Castle, site of ?fortified manor and tower of the Scotts since C15 but demolished and forgotten by 1832
- Closest To: Ettrick
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NT328143
Buchanan Castle, derelict mansion and lost C16 tower of Buchanans, which replaced earlier Peel now under golf course
- Closest To: Drymen
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NS457888
Bucholly Castle, a spectacular ruined C15 fortified promontory of the Mowats on ?earlier site occupied to C17
- Closest To: Wick,John o'Groats,Keiss
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: ND382658
Buckholm Tower, ruined C16 tower house and courtyard of the Hoppringles occupied to early C20. It is derelict and dangerous
- Closest To: Galashiels
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NT483379
Buckton Castle is a substantial but short-lived ringwork castle adjacent to a poorly defined rectangular earthwork on the top of a steep hill and next to the Buckton Vale Quarry. It consisted of a deep ditch with an oval platform inside surrounded by a stone wall and a rectangular gate tower.
- Closest To: England
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SD989016
Builth Castle, substantial earthworks of C13 castle of Edward I probably abandoned C15
- Closest To: Builth Wells
- Access: Free Public Access
- Grid Reference: SO044510