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!

Dalquharran New Castle

Dalquharran Castle, ruin of C18 Adam mansion built to replace old ruined castle and abandoned c1960

Closest To: Dailly,Turnberry,Girvan
Access: No Access

Grid Reference: NS272019

Dalquharran Old Castle

Dalquharran Castle, ruin of much extended C15 tower house and courtyard abandoned C18 for new mansion of same name

Closest To: Dailly,Girvan,Turnberry
Access: Free Public Access

Grid Reference: NS273019

Dalry Motte

Dalry Motte, large motte on strong riverside site with mutilated ditch & upcast bank

Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access

Grid Reference: NX618812

Dalston Hall

Dalston Hall is a complex building containing two early towers dating back to the 15th century in part, but repeatedly altered and extended. Today it is available for hire as an exclusive-use venue.

Access: Occasional Access

Grid Reference: NY37675155

Dalswinton Castle

Dalswinton Castle, site of important C13 castle of Comyns & C14 castle of Stewarts. Replaced by C18 mansion, gardens sometimes open

Closest To: Dalswinton,Dumfries,Thornhill
Access: Occasional Access

Grid Reference: NX943841

Dalton Hall Yorkshire

Dalton Hall Yorkshire is an occupied manor house built around a tower and hall type C15 manor altered C16/17 and extended C19. It can just be seen from the public road.

Closest To: England
Access: No Access

Grid Reference: NZ111091

Dalton in Furness

Dalton in Furness is a C14 tower house that stands within the town and is freely visible from the outside. It was the residence of the Steward for Furness Abbey.

Closest To: England
Access: No Access

Grid Reference: SD226739

Dalton in Westmorland

Dalton Old Hall is a farmhouse of the mid 17th century, but just to the north-east are the remains of the old tower house, which stands to nearly two metres high in places, and a possible courtyard surviving as earthworks only.

Access: No Access

Grid Reference: SD54007528

Dalzell House

Dalzell House, privately occupied C15/16 tower of the Dalzells extended C17 by Hamiltons and C19 by JW Billings

Access: No Access

Grid Reference: NS760550

Danby Castle

Danby Castle is now part an occupied farmhouse and part ruin with walls and towers sitting within the grounds of the farm. The property is used as a combined castle and barn wedding venue and is easily seen from the road.

Closest To: England
Access: Occasional Access

Grid Reference: NZ717072

Danby Hall Thornton Steward

Danby Hall is an extensive H-shaped country house st within extensive private grounds. The north-east wing is built from a tower house of the 14th century although it is much remodelled. It seems to offer private tours.

Closest To: England
Access: No Access

Grid Reference: SE160871

Danish Tower Flamborough

Danish Tower Flamborough is the ruined remains of a tower which once formed part of an extensive fortified manor. It is surrounded by a complex of earthworks and is clearly visible from the public footpath but is fenced off from access.

Closest To: England
Access: No Access

Grid Reference: TA226703

Darfield New Hall

Darfield New Hall now called Cranford Hall was a small moated castle consisting of a hall and solar tower with a walled courtyard. Part of the courtyard wall survive as a revetment for the moat and the remains of the hall have now been reworked into a modern house. It cannot be seen from the public road although a footpath does run nearby.

Closest To: England
Access: No Access

Grid Reference: SE395053

Dargavel Castle

Dargavel Castle or House, occupied C16 tower of Maxwells extended C19 by Bryce. Further C20 alterations, on MOD property

Access: No Access

Grid Reference: NS433692

Darnaway Castle

Darnaway Castle, C19 seat of the Earls of Moray incorporating C15 great hall from castle of previous Earls

Closest To: Forres
Access: No Access

Grid Reference: NH994550

Darngaber Castle

Darngaber Castle, a mutilated ditched motte on a river promontory site

Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access

Grid Reference: NS729500

Darnick Tower

Darnick Tower, privately occupied C15 tower of the Heitons extended at unknown date and restored C19

Access: No Access

Grid Reference: NT532344

Daviot Castle

Daviot Castle, fragmentary ruins of ?C15 tower survive from a courtyard castle of the Ogilvies and Campbells within a private garden

Closest To: Inverness, Daviot
Access: No Access

Grid Reference: NH729407

Dean Castle

Dean Castle, a C14 tower of the Boyds extended C15 with palace block. Once ruined, now restored and now in use as a museum.

Closest To: Kilmarnock
Access: Chargeable Public Access

Grid Reference: NS437394

Dean Church of St Oswald Vicars Tower

Dean Church incorporates one wall of a structure believed to have been a tower - but without real evidence. The wall is the east wall of the chancel, and formed the west wall of the possible tower.

Access: Occasional Access

Grid Reference: NY07072536

Dearham Church of St Mungo

Dearham Church, which dates back to the late 12th century in parts, has a tower at the west end which may once have been used as a tower house, but under what grounds this has been suggested is not clear.

Access: Occasional Access

Grid Reference: NY07233637

Deganwy Castle

Deganwy Castle, remains of hilltop castle of princes of Gwynedd and Kings of England

Closest To: Deganwy
Access: Free Public Access

Grid Reference: SH782795

Deighton Moat

Deighton Moat is a large square platform within a ditch with possible outer earthworks in surrounding fields. A public right of way runs next to the site which is not accessible to the public. There is no surviving masonry above ground although parch marks do suggest substantial structures within.

Closest To: England
Access: No Access