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Ochiltree Castle - West Lothian
Ochiltree Castle is a fine example of a 16th century L plan tower house in West Lothian, Scotland, which has been occupied more or less continuously since it was first built in around 1520- 30.
Newmilns Tower, locally known as "The Keep", is a small, free-standing, rubble built tower dating from the end of the 15th or the start of the 16th century.
Ackergill Tower is a late 15th century square five-story tower near Wick, erected for the Keiths of Inverugie.
Carnousie Castle is a restored, late 16th Century Z - plan three storey tower house with an attic.
Baltersan Castle is a fairly well preserved ruin of a late 16th century Tower House. It stands in a field close to Crossraguel Abbey. It was built for John Kennedy, stepson of the 3rd earl of Cassilis in 1584.
Although a well loved home undergoing a slow but detailed restoration, Balgonie Castle is available for hire for wedding venues, banquets, corporate events and parties. It also boasts one of the finest castle keeps.
Aiket Castle is a late 15th century with a late 16th century addition.
Aikwood Tower is a rectangular 16th Century Borders tower house of four storeys and an attic without a parapet. Two corbelled-out bartizans crown the tower, and the steeply pitched roof has corbiestepped gables.
Auchanachie Castle - Aberdeenshire
Auchanachie Castle consists of a 16th Century tower house of three storeys and a large round stair-tower, as well as many later and lower additions.
Arnot Tower is a ruined rectangular 16th-century tower house of four storeys, although it may incorporate earlier work.
Avochie Castle - Aberdeenshire
Avochie Castle is a very ruined 16th Century Tower House. Only the gable ends, with a corbelled-out bartizan at one corner, survive.
Balbithan House - Aberdeenshire
Balbithan is a fine 16th Century L-plan tower house of three storeys. It has a wide stair-tower in the re-entrant angle, the upper part of which was reached by a turret stair. Bartizans crown the gables.
Balcomie Castle is a 16th Century L-plan tower house of five storeys and a garret, to which has been added an 18th century house.
Ballone Castle - Ross and Cromarty
Ballone Castle is a large late 16th century Z-plan tower house. It consists of a main block of three storeys and a garret, and a round tower and square stair-tower projecting from opposite corners.
Barholm Castle - Kirkcudbrightshire
Barholm Castle is a fine 16th Century L-plan tower house of 3-storeys. It consists of a main block and a small, but higher wing, which is crowned by a caphouse.
Barns Tower is a rectangular 15th Century tower house of 3 storeys and an attic. The tower has lost its parapet and has a later roof and gables.
Blackhall Manor - Renfrewshire
Blackhall Manor is is a 16th Century house of two storeys and an attic. A projecting tower contains a turnpike stair. The walls are pierced by shot holes. The vaulted basement contains cellars and a kitchen.
Blairlogie Castle - Stirlingshire
Standing in a strong position in the Ochils, Blairlogie Castle is a small rectangular tower, said to date from 1513, of two storeys and an attic. To this was added a stair wing in 1582, making it L-plan.
Conzie Castle, also known as Bognie Castle, built in the 17th Century, is ruined but once rose to four storeys.
Bonshaw is a 16th Century rectangular tower house of 3 storeys and a garret within with the corbelled-out parapet. The walls are pierced with gunloops, but the pitch of the roof has been altered.
Brockloch Pele - Dumfriesshire
Not much remains except foundations of a tower house with the scant remains of other buildings from a farm.
Consists of a much-altered 16th Century tower house of five storeys to which a large modern mansion has been added. Bartizans, with gunloops crown the corners, but the roof pitch has been lowered.
A 16th Century Z-plan tower house of three storeys and an attic. It consists of a main block with round towers, one corbelled out to square, projecting at diagonally opposite corners.
Once a powerful stronghold, Cowdenknowes House consists of a 16th Century tower house of four storeys and a corbelled-out parapet, formerly with a courtyard and flanking towers.
Castle Craig - Ross and Cromarty
Castle Craig, A 16th-century fortified tower, perched on a rocky outcrop, on the shores of the Cromarty Firth.
Craigcaffie Tower - Galloway, Wigtonshire
This is a rectangular 16th century towerhouse of three storeys and a garret. It has grenellated parapets on two sides and open rounds at all four corners.
Cramond Tower is a tall narrow 16th century tower house, with a vaulted basement. It is located in the picturesque village of Cramond.
A complex, large and interesting building, Crichton Castle consists of ranges of buildings from the 14th to 16th centuries, enclosing a small courtyard. The oldest part is a 14th century keep.
Culcreuch Castle - Stirlingshire
Culcreuch Castle consists of an altered 15th century keep of three storeys and a garret within a corbelled-out parapet.
Dairsie Castle is a 16th Century Z-Plan Towerhouse. It consists of a main block and two small round towers. A third rectangular tower, containing the original entrance was very ruined.
Drochil Castle is a large ruined 16th Century Z-Plan tower house of four storeys and a garret.
Brackenhill Tower - Cumbria ( A Scottish Tower in England )
Evidence suggests that the site was inhabited prior to the construction of the 16th century tower and this could date from the 13th century or earlier.
Dunderave Castle is a 16th Century L-plan tower house of four storeys and an attic with a square tower in the re-entrant angle and a round tower at one corner.
Dundas Castle or Tower is a massive 15th century keep of four storeys and a flat roof, now L-plan with the addition of a later wing.
Earlshall is a 16th century courtyard castle. It consists of a main house. Occupying two sides, a smaller detached tower of three storeys, the lower two being vaulted, and a range of 17th century outbuildings.
Eilean Donan Castle - Inverness
One of the most beautifully situated of all Scottish Castles, Eilean Donan Castle consists of a 13th century wall surrounding a courtyard.
Elliston Castle - Renfrewshire
Elliston Castle is a large very ruined 15th century castle and courtyard. The basement was vaulted.
Impressive and well-preserved, both stronghold and comfortable residence. Elcho Castle is a 16th century tower house, built in the plan of a Z with an extra tower at one corner.
Ruined, but well preserved, Fairlie Tower is a plain 15th century keep of four storeys with a later corbelled-out parapet and bartizans. The walls are pierced by gunloops.
Standing dramatically on a high ridge, Fa'side Castle consists of an L-plan towerhouse and incorporates a plain 15th century keep of four storeys.
Fenton Tower is a restored 16th century L-plan tower of three storeys and a garret. It is dated 1587.
Fernie Castle consists of an altered 16th century L-plan tower house, to which has been added a three-storey block with a round tower at one corner.
Frendraught Castle - Aberdeenshire
Site of 13th century castle, which was torched in 1630. The present house dates from 1656, was remodelled in 1753, extended to 1790, and incorporates a small part of the old castle.
Standing on a steep crag, Garth Castle is a plain 14th century keep, square in plan with a flush parapet crowning two walls.
Gilnockie Castle - Dumfriesshire
Little survives of this 16th century castle, built in 1518 but burned by Lord Dacre, the English Warden of the West March in 1523.
Gleneagles Castle - Perthshire
Gleneagles Castle consists of the very ruined remains of a 14th or 15th century keep and courtyard, with traces of other buildings. Part of the keep survives to the height of three storeys.
Hatton Castle is a 16th century Z-plan tower house. It consists of a main block of three storeys and an attic, with square towers projecting at opposite corners.
Hillslap Tower is a 16th century L-plan tower house of four storeys. It consists of a main block and a stair-wing, which rises a storey higher.
Hollows or Gilnockie's Tower is a rectangular 16th century tower house of four storeys and a garret within a corbelled-out parapet.
Johnstone Castle - Renfrewshire
Johnstone Castle is a recently restored 16th century L-plan tower house. It consists of a main block of three storeys and a garret, and a wing, remodelled as a massive Gothic tower, which rises a storey higher.
Kilmartin Castle is a small formerly ruined 16th century Z-plan tower house. It consists of a main block of three storeys, with projecting round towers at opposite corners.
One of the best preserved and impressive castles in Ayrshire, Killochan Castle has a tall 16th century L-plan tower house which replaced an earlier castle on the site.
Law Castle is a 15th century keep, rectangular in plan with four stories and a garret. A corbellod-out parapet has open rounds and the walls are pierced by gun loops.
The Lee is a 19th-century mansion which may include some of a castle of the Lockharts.
Liberton House is a 17th century L-plan tower house. It contains a main block of three storeys and a four-story wing, with a round stair tower corbelled-out to square at the top in the re-entrant angle.
Lochhouse Tower - Dumfriesshire
Lochhouse Tower is a strong 16th century tower house of 3 storeys and an attic, formerly within a corbelled-out parapet. The tower is rectangular in plan, and has rounded corners. There are several gunloops.
Lordscairnie Castle is a 15th century keep of four storeys and an attic to which a stair-wing was added in the 16th century, making the castle L-plan.
Site of a much-altered 16th century tower house, which had been incorporated into Lundin House. All of the house, except an altered stair-turret from the 16th or 17th century, was demolished in 1876.
Mauchline Castle is an altered 15th century keep, to which has been added a 17th century L-plan wing, as well as other extensions and alterations of 1690, 1800 and 1820.
Site of an old castle which was demolished when the present derelict house, a symmetrical castellated mansion of three storeys, designed by James Playfair, was built.
Built on sloping ground, Murroes Castle is a 16th century tower house, with a long main block of two storeys and a centrally projecting round stair-tower.
Built on a 12th century motte, Myrton Castle is a ruined 16th century L-plan tower house. It rose to four storeys and a garret, within a parapet, and had open rounds at the corner.
Nestling on the side of a deep gorge overlooking a bend of the River Tweed, Neidpath Castle is an altered L-plan keep with rounded corners.
Niddry Castle is an altered 15th century keep, now L-plan, consisting of a main block and wing.
Not much remains of Castle Newe, an altered Z plan tower house of 1604 and mansion from 1831.
Old Sauchie Tower House - Stirlingshire
Old Sauchie is a ruined 16th century L-plan tower house of four storeys. To this has been added a 17th century wing and other additions, now used as an estate office.
Peffermill is an altered 17th century tower house of three storeys and a garret, with a semi-circular stair-tower in the re-entrant angle.
Pitcullo Castle is a late 16th century L-plan tower house consisting of a main block of three storeys and a stair wing. To this has been added 17th century alterations including a square tower.
Once a large, strong and comfortable stronghold, Powrie Castle now consists of a ruined 15th century keep and restored 17th century wing.
Standing on a tree-clad hillside, Rusko Castle is an altered 15th century keep, to which has been added a long and lower 17th century wing, which was ruinous and has been demolished.
Site of castle, which was apparently a splendid palace after being rebuilt in the 16th century.
Sinclair and Girnigoe Castles - Caithness
Standing on a rocky promontory in the sea, Girnigoe Castle and Castle Sinclair were two separate fortresses, although they stood very close together, not much remains of Castle Sinclair.
Stair Tower House - Ayrshire ( members only )
Stair is a fine 16th century L-plan tower house of three storeys to which has been added later wings which were, in turn, extended in the 17th century.
Standing dramatically on a small island, Castle Stalker is a tall, massive and simple keep, rectangular in plan, of four storeys and a garret.
Standing on a promontory above a river with three steep sides, Stoneypath Tower is a 16th century L-plan tower house, which may incorporate part of a 15th century keep.
Strathendry Castle is a rectangular keep of three storeys and an attic with a projecting round stair tower. A corbelled-out parapet, with open rounds at each end, crowns one side.
Thirlestane Castle is a 16th century castle, the oldest part of which is a rectangular tower house or block of three storeys, which had a large tower at each corner.
Westhall Tower House - Aberdeenshire
Westhall consists of a small 16th century L-Plan tower house of three storeys and a garret. To this has been added a gabled block, with a round stair-tower, probably in the 17th century.
Wormiston House is a 17th century tower house, which has been greatly extended, although these extensions were demolished in 1988 during re-building.
Saint Monance Castle also know as Newark - Fife
St. Monance is a very ruined 15th century castle which was altered and extended in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Abbots Tower - Dumfries and Galloway
Abbots Tower is a four storey L-Plan tower house with a garret and caphouse.
One of the oldest families in Kintyre, the Macalister family's history is deep rooted and fascinating. Read more about them and their magnificent family seat, Glenbarr Abbey, here.
Duchray Castle, Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire
Duchray Castle is unaltered rectangular 16th-century tower house. It has three storeys and has a round tower at one corner and a turret crowning the opposite corner.
House of Mergie - Aberdeenshire
A probably 17th century mansion, three storeys high and harled, with an apparently later stair-wing projecting centrally southwards.
Tillycairn Castle - Aberdeenshire
Tillycairn Castle is a 16th Century tower house built of granite walls which are harled externally in traditional style with dressings of Corennie granite to windows etc, under a Scotch slate roof.
Muchalls Castle - Aberdeenshire
Muchalls, built around 1619, consists of 3 ranges closed by a wall to form a courtyard and much altered over the years, most recently in 1927.
Castle of Fiddes - Aberdeenshire
Castle of Fiddes is a 16th century L-plan tower house of three storeys to which has been added a round fair-tower at one end of the main block.
Castle Levan occupies a strong site on a ravine on the Clyde estuary at Gourock.
Balvaird Castle is a well-preserved 15th century L-plan keep in the Ochil Hills of rural Perthshire.
Balvaird Castle - Perthshire
Balvaird Castle is a well-preserved 15th century L-plan keep in the Ochil Hills of rural Perthshire.
Glenbarr Abbey - Kintyre
One of the oldest families in Kintyre, the Macalister family's history is deep rooted and fascinating. Read more about them and their magnificent family seat, Glenbarr Abbey, here.
Castle Levan - Renfrewshire
Castle Levan occupies a strong site on a ravine on the Clyde estuary at Gourock.
Castle of Fiddes - Aberdeenshire
Castle of Fiddes is a 16th century L-plan tower house of three storeys to which has been added a round fair-tower at one end of the main block.
Muchalls Castle - Aberdeenshire
Muchalls, built around 1619, consists of 3 ranges closed by a wall to form a courtyard and much altered over the years, most recently in 1927.
Tillycairn Castle - Aberdeenshire
Tillycairn Castle is a 16th Century tower house built of granite walls which are harled externally in traditional style with dressings of Corennie granite to windows etc, under a Scotch slate roof.
House of Mergie - Aberdeenshire
A probably 17th century mansion, three storeys high and harled, with an apparently later stair-wing projecting centrally southwards.
Ochiltree Castle - West Lothian
Ochiltree Castle is a fine example of a 16th century L plan tower house in West Lothian, Scotland, which has been occupied more or less continuously since it was first built in around 1520- 30.
Duchray Castle, Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire
Duchray Castle is unaltered rectangular 16th-century tower house. It has three storeys and has a round tower at one corner and a turret crowning the opposite corner.
Abbots Tower - Dumfries and Galloway
Abbots Tower is a four storey L-Plan tower house with a garret and caphouse.
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