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!
Auchen Castle, ruins of C13 castle of the Kirkpatricks repurposed as artillery fort C15/16 by Douglases or Maitlands
- Closest To: Moffat, Beatock
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NT063035
Auchenbowie Castle or House, privately occupied C16 tower of Bruces extended C17 and then C18+19 by Munros.
- Closest To: Stirling,Plean,Denny
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NS799874
Auchenfranco Castle, faint earthworks of rectangular ditched motte said to have contained masonry
- Closest To: Lochfoot, Cargenbridge, Dumfries
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NX892724
Auchenharvie Castle, ruined C15 tower of the Cunninghames occupied to late C17 and in ruins late C18
- Closest To: Kilwinning, Irvine, Stewarton
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NS363443
Auchenskeock Castle, ruins presumed to represent C16 tower house within working farmyard
- Closest To: Dalbeattie, Caulkerbush
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NX917588
Auchindoun, ruins of large C15 tower within later courtyard and earthworks of much earlier multivallate hillfort
- Closest To: Dufftown
- Access: Free Public Access
- Grid Reference: NJ348374
Auchinleck Castle, ruins of castle of unknown date abandoned by C17 on riverside promontory site
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NS501232
Auchinvole Castle, site of C16 tower of the Starks substantially extended to C19. Abandoned mid C20 and demolished
- Closest To: Kilsyth, Cumbernauld, Kirkintilloch
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NS714769
Auchness Castle, privately occupied C16/17 tower of the MacDoualls extended C18-C19
- Closest To: Ardwell, Sandhead
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NX107446
Auchterarder Castle, site of C13 royal castle, parts of which are incorporated into farm buildings
- Closest To: Auchterarder
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NN936133
Auchterhouse Castle, scant remains of a C16 tower of the Stewarts in garden of a privately occupied and much altered multi-phase house
- Closest To: Auchterhouse,Newtyle,Dundee
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NO331373
Auchterless Moathead, ditched motte on riverside site next to kirk; associated with nearby gallows
- Closest To: Kirkton of Auchterless, Fyvie, Rohienorman
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NJ714416
Aughton Castle Hill is the earthwork of a ditched motte which formed part of a timber castle but repurposed for the later moated manor adjacent. It can be seen from the footpath to the church.
- Closest To: England
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SE702387
Aughton Ruddings is the site of a moated manorial site three sides of the wet ditch remaining. The platform is now occupied by a modern house.
- Closest To: England
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SE732394
Auldearn Castle, C12 motte erected by King William the Lion with traces of ditch at the base and later perimeter wall
- Closest To: Auldearn
- Access: Free Public Access
- Grid Reference: NH917556
Auldhame Castle, ruins of C16 tower house of the Otterburns in exposed clifftop site probably dismantled C17
- Closest To: North Berwick, East Linton, Dunbar
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NT602846
Auldton Mote, a large earthwork castle of the Moffat family probably destroyed during the Wars of Independence
- Closest To: Moffat
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NT094058
Austwick Hall is a privately occupied country house claimed to have been developed from an old tower renovated from the C16 onwards. Part of the building can be seen from the road.
- Closest To: England
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SD769689
Avoch Castle, scant remains of substantial C12-14 castle of Murrays extended by Douglases before destruction c1455
- Closest To: Avoch
- Access: Free Public Access
- Grid Reference: NH696536
Avochie Castle, ruins of unimpressive C16/17 tower house ofteh Gordons abandoned ?C18
- Closest To: Rothiemay, Huntly
- Access: S.O.A.C. Public Access
- Grid Reference: NJ536466
Aydon Castle, a well-preserved multi-phase castle and manorial centre open as a tourist attraction
- Closest To: Corbridge
- Access: Chargeable Public Access
- Grid Reference: NZ001663
Ayr Castle, site of C12 royal castle rebuilt C14 and destroyed C17 with construction of Citadel fort, now vanished
- Closest To: Ayr
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NS335222
Ayton Castle, a privately occupied C19 mansion built near or on the site of at least three earlier castles dating back to C12
- Closest To: Ayton,Eyemouth,Coldingham,Burnmouth
- Access: Occasional Access
- Grid Reference: NT929614
Ayton Castle is a ruined tower house dating to the 14th century overlooking an important ford. It can be seen at a distance but is not accessible to the public
- Closest To: England
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: SE988851
Balbegno Castle, restored C16 tower house of the Woods extended several times to C19. Now available to rent
- Closest To: Fettercairn, Laurencekirk, Edzell
- Access: No Access
- Grid Reference: NO639730