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- ⋅ The Poor Man's Tower – the Bastle
- ⋅ Dryburgh Abbey – a Mecca for English attacks
- ⋅ The beacons watching over the Border and Borderlands of Scotland
- ⋅ Rebellion, royalty and romance at Duchal Castle
- ⋅ A 'new look' for Strathaven Castle
- ⋅ How old is the Old Man of Wick?
- ⋅ Castles of the Cathars – Châteaux de Lastours, Part I
- ⋅ Loch Awe's castle secrets unlocked
- ⋅ Lost in the post – Granton Castle
- ⋅ The lost tomb of Robert the Bruce
- ⋅ Crookston – Glasgow's only surviving medieval castle
- ⋅ The Towers of Rule project
- ⋅ Dudhope Castle's future in doubt as potential purchase falls through
- ⋅ Loch Doon – the island castle that moved to the mainland
- ⋅ Piteadie Castle for sale – a restoration opportunity
- ⋅ The Spanish Paradores Proposal – castles into hotels?
- ⋅ Killernie Castle demolished over ‘safety concerns’
- ⋅ Invermark Castle – a refuge for an owner with a dark secret
- ⋅ Two castles with very different futures
- ⋅ Red Castle – beware a woman scorned
- ⋅ Preserve Rait Castle!
- ⋅ Plans lodged to give Gilbertfield Tower a future
- ⋅ Almond Castle – running out of time
- ⋅ Mystery objects – can you identify them?
- ⋅ Castle Craig to be saved
- ⋅ A letter from our Chairman
- ⋅ Scotland's first lockdown in 1350
- ⋅ Château de Rouen, Normandy
- ⋅ Largo and its famous sons
- ⋅ The English attack Kelso Abbey 1545
- ⋅ Depictions of early sieges at Foix Castle and Jerusalem
- ⋅ Buittle - Castle of the Balliols
- ⋅ Cowdenknowes - a house with a history
- ⋅ Marqab – The greatest tower in the Holy Land
- ⋅ Castle Cluggy – an update
- ⋅ Claypotts Castle – an insider's view
- ⋅ Castle Roy and the Battle of Cromdale 1690
- ⋅ Drochil Castle - A Regent's Folly
- ⋅ Castles of France - Montségur
- ⋅ A Castle, a Battle and a tale of the Second Sight
- ⋅ The Bishop's Palace, Glasgow
- ⋅ Cambuskenneth - a Bell Tower which became a Tower House
- ⋅ Baltersan Castle restoration plans announced
- ⋅ Scotland's Ports - Wishart’s Gate
- ⋅ The Siege of Roxburgh Castle 1460 - part IV
- ⋅ The Wellhouse Tower by Edinburgh Castle
- ⋅ Scotland's Gaff Drawbridges - and their French counterparts
- ⋅ The Tomb of Sir William Borthwick
- ⋅ Mary Queen of Scots - the Castles of her Escape
- ⋅ Castles of France - The Fortified Abbey of Lérrins
- ⋅ The Siege of Threave Castle 1455 - part III
- ⋅ Lickleyhead Castle has been repossessed
- ⋅ Unlocking the door to castle defences
- ⋅ The consolidation conundrum
- ⋅ Dunyvaig - a castle about to reveal its hidden secrets?
- ⋅ The Scottish Manor House
- ⋅ The Mysterious Peel of Lochwinnoch
- ⋅ Castle Warfare Part VIII: Despair at Ruthven 1746
- ⋅ Fairburn Tower restoration plans announced
- ⋅ The Bass of Inverurie recreated by Bob Marshall
- ⋅ The Siege of Abercorn Castle 1455 - part II
- ⋅ Tower House or Engine House? Inside Rais and Stonelaw Towers...
- ⋅ The Siege of Hatton Castle 1453 - part I
- ⋅ History lessons revealed by west highland grave slabs
- ⋅ Les Châteaux d'Alsace - where eagles dare!
- ⋅ Touring a trio of islands - Kerrera, Lismore and Iona
- ⋅ Castle Warfare Part VII: The English capture Hume Castle in 1547 and are then caught napping!
- ⋅ The Ubiquitous Sentinel House
- ⋅ Stirling Castle - a peek inside the restored Hall and Palace
- ⋅ Castle Warfare Part VI: The English capitulate at Broughty Castle 1550
- ⋅ Castles of France - Château Vincennes Paris
- ⋅ History of Bonnefont Castle (aka, Château de Saint-Just-Le-Martel)
- ⋅ Castle Warfare Part V: The English capture of Lochwood Tower 1547
- ⋅ Castles of France - Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg, Alsace
- ⋅ Whatever happened to the Scottish Hall House?
- ⋅ The hunt for King James I's lost royal tomb begins
- ⋅ Castles of France - Château Provins le-de-France - La Tour César*
- ⋅ Achallader Castle - Argyll's forgotten tower?
- ⋅ Castle Warfare Part IV: The English attack on Edinburgh 1544
- ⋅ Scots pensioner launches campaign to save Slains Castle
- ⋅ Ury House undergoing restoration as part of a £80million development
- ⋅ The Mystery of Rhymer's Tower
- ⋅ Castle Warfare Part III: Death at Innerwick - Life at Thornton 1547*
- ⋅ Award of the Scottish Castles Association Charles McKean Memorial Prize for Architecture 2016
- ⋅ Scotland's Island Castles
- ⋅ Castle Varrich in the money!
- ⋅ The 'Great Garden' - a trip to the Island of Lismore
- ⋅ Castle Warfare Part II: Slaughter at Ferniehirst Castle
- ⋅ Castle which inspired Outlander's Castle Leoch gets funding boost
- ⋅ Lochore Castle and Eyemouth Fort Secured
- ⋅ Castle Warfare Part I: Whitton Tower and Cessford Castle
- ⋅ Provan Hall to gain from £4.5m lottery fund
- ⋅ Faces from the past - a snapshot of those who worked and played in Scottish castles
- ⋅ Pilmuir House - a 'delightful example' of a laird's house
- ⋅ 'Doune and gloom' for Gartincaber Tower
- ⋅ Old Bleary's grand design - Dundonald Castle
- ⋅ Something old, something new - Rowallan Castles are a beautiful union of Scottish castle styles
- ⋅ Clan Lachlan's bid to preserve their ancestral home
- ⋅ Asgog Castle's fight for survival
- ⋅ Portencross Castle - Weathering the Storms
- ⋅ Is there hope for Burgie Castle?
- ⋅ Drone's-eye view of Baltersan Castle
- ⋅ £2million funding should restore ailing Cowane's Hospital in Stirling to full health
- ⋅ Kilmahew Castle thrown a lifeline
- ⋅ The Bishop's Palace and Partick Castle rediscovered in Glasgow
- ⋅ Hunterston Castle - Small but Perfectly-formed
- ⋅ A trio of treasures voted amongst the most innovative architecture in Scotland
- ⋅ Knock Castle - original 17th-century treasure available to let soon
- ⋅ Abergeldie Castle rescued from the brink
- ⋅ Crossbasket Castle given a £9million kiss of life
- ⋅ Auchans Castle, Ayrshire
- ⋅ Kilmaurs Place, East Ayrshire
- ⋅ Ardrossan Castle, Ayrshire
- ⋅ The tale of Bedrule Castle, Roxburghshire
- ⋅ "A fair, well-built house" a.k.a Skelmorlie Castle in Ayr
- ⋅ Craigie Castle's Hidden Secret
- ⋅ The Place of Kilbirnie
- ⋅ The history of Tibbers Castle may have to be rewritten
- ⋅ A future for Mingary and Tioram Castles?
- ⋅ A Tale of Two Castles - Dalquharran (old and new)
- ⋅ The triumph of the thistle
- ⋅ Outlander - the castles that inspired the series
- ⋅ Stirling Castle's door and its mysterious grooves
- ⋅ Seafield Tower Collapse
- ⋅ Hope for Blairfindy Castle?
- ⋅ What a difference a year makes... to Mingary Castle
- ⋅ Eilean Donan Castle to star in Black Angel 2
- ⋅ Redcastle still on Buildings at Risk Register
- ⋅ Lochore Castle Revealed
- ⋅ A tale of two castles - Mugdock and Craigend
- ⋅ The National Trust takes ownership of Alloa Tower
- ⋅ North-east castles set to benefit after National Trust Ball raises over £500,000
- ⋅ Planning permission granted for Nunraw Tower
- ⋅ Harlawhill House awarded grant of £12,000 for urgent repairs
- ⋅ Conservation of Torwoodlee Tower to start imminently
- ⋅ Tower Studies, 1 & 2 - exclusive members offer
- ⋅ Strathaven in receipt of Historic Scotland grant
- ⋅ Sorbie Tower, Wigtown - Consolidation or Restoration?
- ⋅ Eyemouth Fort comes back to life
- ⋅ SCA member Alastair Maxwell-Irving publishes his second book on The Border Towers of Scotland
- ⋅ Cash award for Dean Castle
- ⋅ Rowallan Castle to become a hotel
- ⋅ Dumbarton Castle as a tourist destination?
- ⋅ The SCA take a look at Dowhill Castle
- ⋅ Castle Toward community ownership plans halted
- ⋅ Tarbert Castle renovation work complete
- ⋅ Book co-authored by the late Charles McKean named as Saltire Book of the Year
- ⋅ Loudoun Castle to be given a new lease of life
- ⋅ Fyvie Castle fear of dramatic collapse to be averted
- ⋅ Ellon Castle set for a face lift
- ⋅ Inverness Castle - The Jewel in the City's Crown?
- ⋅ The Castle Studies Trust awards grant for Tibbers Castle
- ⋅ SCA Castle Trip to North Wales much enjoyed
- ⋅ A new President for SCA
- ⋅ Castle Grant and Ackergill Tower News
- ⋅ Drum Castle, Free of Scaffolding
- ⋅ Spring Outing to Castles a Great Success!
- ⋅ Dunnottar Castle to close whilst Kinneff Manse is for sale
- ⋅ New Walk planned for Spynie Palace
- ⋅ National Trust of Scotland may buy Ailsa Craig with US help
- ⋅ The Historic Environment Strategy for Scotland
- ⋅ Ancient Graffiti in Mingary Castle
- ⋅ Doune Castle playing a starring role in Outlander
- ⋅ Linlithgow Palace considered for re-roofing
- ⋅ Fire at Ackergill Tower near Wick treated as suspicious
- ⋅ Edinburgh Castle Royal Birthing Room Reopened to Public
- ⋅ Mingary Castle to be restored
- ⋅ Inchdrewer Castle bought by Russian model
- ⋅ Conservation work for Barra's Kisimul Castle
- ⋅ Heritage award for Edinburgh Castle
- ⋅ Doune Castle - location for 'Outlander'
- ⋅ SCA mourns the death of Charles McKean FRSE
- ⋅ Laying foundations for new lease of life at ancient castle
- ⋅ Stirling Castle - A Most Amazing Experience!
- ⋅ Eilean Donan Recaptured
- ⋅ The Hidden Chamber of Drum Castle
- ⋅ Castle creepy crawlies saved
- ⋅ Castle Photographs - a peep at Social History
- ⋅ Bothwell Castle - The Gatehouse
- ⋅ Historic buildings to receive revamp
- ⋅ Dunnottar to become the Eighth Wonder of the World?
- ⋅ Mingary Castle in line for preservation cash boost
- ⋅ The Destruction of Chateau de Coucy in 1917
- ⋅ Loch an Eilein Castle - Inverness
- ⋅ Leith Hall to Reopen
- ⋅ Whatever happened to Bothwell Castle?
- ⋅ War Damaged Buildings Part 2
- ⋅ Holyrood Palace – The Great Tower of James V
- ⋅ War Damaged Buildings Part 1
- ⋅ Scottish battlefields: Inventory recognises 39 historic sites
- ⋅ Edinburgh Castle voted top UK tourist attraction
- ⋅ Take it as red, Mons Meg had a paint job
- ⋅ The Building of Craigietocher Tower - Chapter 3
- ⋅ Ceremonial Sword and Scabbard Owned by the Sempills of Elliestoun
- ⋅ Ground Source Heating - A Personal View
- ⋅ The Building of Craigietocher Tower - Chapter 2
- ⋅ The Building of Craigietocher Tower - Chapter 1
- ⋅ Medieval Lavers in Scottish Tower Houses
- ⋅ John Clerk of Eldin (1728 - 1812) Exhibition
- ⋅ Cruggleton Castle - Brian McGarrigle
- ⋅ The Attack on Wee Cumbrae Castle 1599
- ⋅ Braemar Castle gets makeover
- ⋅ Secrets of Scotland's lost gardens
- ⋅ Stirling Castle towers over London
- ⋅ Castle Photographic Album from 1867 - taken by Fife Photographer John Patrick
- ⋅ Buildings get Historic Scotland grants to fund repairs
- ⋅ Nether Horsburgh Castle
- ⋅ Royal Commission survey of 13th century Comyn castles
- ⋅ Archaeologists uncover medieval defences in grounds of historic castle
- ⋅ Perth granted £650,000 to restore its historic buildings
- ⋅ Scottish Castle - Made in China
- ⋅ Historic battle sites given recognition
- ⋅ New Gates for Duart Castle
- ⋅ Scotland's largest map at Black Barony Castle
- ⋅ Scotland's best (and least) loved castles announced
- ⋅ Scottish Government Grants for 16 Historic Buildings
- ⋅ Tarbert Castle to be reopened to the public
- ⋅ Ancient archway repair work begins
- ⋅ Buy Your Own Scottish Castle - in America
- ⋅ Ardrossan Castle to be turned into a tourist attraction!
- ⋅ The four phases of Ardrossan Castle
- ⋅ Collapse at Cockburnspath
- ⋅ Rowallan Castle to beat red tape and be restored
- ⋅ Bothwell Castle Reconsidered
- ⋅ A Knotty Mystery
- ⋅ Dunnollie Castle to be closed
- ⋅ Talking a lot of Boles
- ⋅ Wallace's Tower (aka Benholm's Lodging) - Finding a use at last?
- ⋅ Maybole Castle, Ayr, receives a cash boost
- ⋅ Tibbers Castle (Dumfries)
- ⋅ Bothwell Castle Donjon
- ⋅ Tower Houses in the Scottish Borders.
- ⋅ A broch has been discovered near the village of Dunning in Perth
- ⋅ Place of Kelly comes to light
- ⋅ Tertowie House destroyed by fire
- ⋅ The fireplace of Castlemilk House
- ⋅ Baltersan Points The Way
- ⋅ Heraldic Arms of Archibald The Grim
- ⋅ New Dating Sequence for Dunstaffnage Castle
- ⋅ Linlithgow Palace is Newgate Prison
- ⋅ Caisteal na Nighinn Ruaidhe - (The Castle of the Red Haired Maiden)
- ⋅ Carnbane Castle - By Stuart Morris of Balgonie
- ⋅ Rachel Stuart describes how she was captured by an Italian prisoner
- ⋅ Baltersan by James Brown
- ⋅ Jennifer Merredew and a recent client on creating a Scottish Painted Ceiling
- ⋅ Blackhall Manor - Its History and Restoration
- ⋅ Vanessa Harryhausen... I presume
- ⋅ Paul Mowbray - Artist, Designer and Wood Craftsman
- ⋅ A Brief History of Arms and Armour
- ⋅ Fa'side Castle - by Sue Brash
- ⋅ Cramond Tower - A Derelict Property - Rescued, Restored and Reoccupied
- ⋅ The Forts of Oman - By Alastair Bain
- ⋅ Bringing Barholm Castle back to life
- ⋅ Masons' Marks Project
- ⋅ A Castle Owner's Pilgrimage
- ⋅ The Scottish Flag Heritage Centre
- Past & Present (175)
- ⋅ Donnington Castle (Berkshire) – Past and Present
- ⋅ Bavelaw Castle (Midlothian) – Past and Present
- ⋅ Dryhope Tower (Selkirk) – Past and Present
- ⋅ Glamis Castle (Angus) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Blackness Castle (Lothian) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Niddry Castle (Lothian) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Merchiston Castle (Edinburgh) - Past and Present
- ⋅ French Castles - Past and Present
- ⋅ Saltcoats Castle (Lothian) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Preston Tower (Lothian) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Kilhenzie Castle (Ayr) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Castle Stewart (Wigtownshire) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Crosbie Tower (Ayrshire) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Old Tulliallan Castle (Fife) - Past and Present
- ⋅ The Old College (Glasgow) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Pinkie House (Lothian) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Knock Castle (Aberdeenshire) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Knockhall Castle (Aberdeenshire) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Duntrune Castle (Argyllshire) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Morton's Gate (Edinburgh Castle) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Langshaw Tower (Roxburghshire) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Alloa Tower (Clackmannanshire) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Frenchland Tower (Dumfries) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Riddell House (Roxburgh) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Queen Mary's House (Jedburgh) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Dalhousie Castle (Midlothian) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Sorn Castle (Ayrshire) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Kildonan Castle (Arran) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Law Castle (West Kilbride) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Ardencaple Castle (Dumbarton) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Littledean Tower (Roxburghshire) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Isle Tower (Wigtown) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Rossend Castle (Fife) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Blairquhan Castle (Ayr) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Torwoodlee Tower (Selkirk) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Barochan House (Renfrew) - Past and Lost
- ⋅ Craufurdland Castle (Ayr) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Newark Castle (Ayr) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Stalker Castle (Argyll) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Gargunnock House (Stirling) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Sanquhar Castle (Dumfries) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Lochmaben Castle (Dumfries) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Balmangan Tower (Kirkcudbright) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Horsburgh Castle (Peebles) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Drumcoltran Tower (Kirkcudbright) - Past and present
- ⋅ Waygateshaw (Lanark) - Past and present
- ⋅ Eastshield (Lanark) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Orchardton Tower (Kirkcudbright) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Cockburnspath Tower (Berwick) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Cockburnspath House (Berwick) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Kirkhill Castle (Ayr) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Tarbert Castle (Argyll) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Loudoun Castle (Ayr) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Spedlins Tower (Dumfries) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Black Castle (Perthshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Murieston Castle (West Lothian) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Amisfield Tower (Dumfries) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Hoddom Castle (Dumfries) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Lincluden College (Dumfries) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Gilston Peel (Lothian) Past & Present
- ⋅ Caldwell Tower (Renfrew) Past & Present
- ⋅ Balthayock Castle (Perth) Past & Present
- ⋅ Carberry Tower (Lothian) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Spynie Palace (Moray) Past & Present
- ⋅ Dun Troddan (Inverness) Past & Present
- ⋅ Crookston Castle (Renfrew) Past & Present
- ⋅ Plunton Castle (Kirkcudbright) Past & Present
- ⋅ Ardvreck Castle (Sutherland) Past & Present
- ⋅ Stirling Castle Great Hall - Past & Present
- ⋅ Fingask Castle (Perth) Past and Present
- ⋅ Bothwell Castle (Lothian) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Jerviston Tower (Lanark) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Elphinstone Tower (Gorbals) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Niddrie House (Lothian) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Gilkerscleuch (Lanark) Past & Present
- ⋅ Craighall Castle (Fife) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Ardmillan Castle (Ayr) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Towie Castle (Aberdeen) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Monklands House (Lanark) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Ochiltree House (Ayr) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Herbertshire Castle (Stirling) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Aldbar Castle (Angus) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Stenhouse (Stirling) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Barr Castle (Renfrew) Past & Present
- ⋅ Dryhope Tower (Selkirk) Past & Present
- ⋅ Gight Castle (Aberdeen) Past & Present
- ⋅ Old Sauchie (Stirling) Past & Present
- ⋅ Balvenie Castle (Moray) Past & Present
- ⋅ Kenmure Castle (Kirkcudbright) Past & Present
- ⋅ Cessford Castle (Roxburgh) Past & Present
- ⋅ Carsluith Tower (Kirkcudbright) Past & Present
- ⋅ Borthwick Castle (Lothian) Past & Present
- ⋅ Ravenscraig Castle (Fife) Past & Present
- ⋅ Lochhouse Tower (Dumfries) Past & Present
- ⋅ Finlarig Castle (Perth) Past & Present
- ⋅ Dunure Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
- ⋅ Fairburn Tower (Ross) Past and Present
- ⋅ Buckholm Tower Part 2 (Roxburgh) Past & Present
- ⋅ Craighlaw Castle (Wigtown) Past & Present
- ⋅ Macduff's Castle (Fife) Past & Present
- ⋅ Clackmanan Tower (Clackmanan) Past & Present
- ⋅ Redcastle (Ross) Past & Present
- ⋅ Lochnaw Castle (Wigtown) Past & Present
- ⋅ Cassencarie House (Kirkcudbright) Past & Present
- ⋅ Mar's Work (Stirling) Past & Present
- ⋅ Castle of Park (Wigtown) Past & Present
- ⋅ St John's Tower (Wigtown) Past & Present
- ⋅ Ravenstone Castle (Wigtown) Past & Present
- ⋅ Castlewigg (Wigtown) Past & Present
- ⋅ Edinample Castle (Perth) Past & Present
- ⋅ Benholm Tower (Kincardine) Past & Present
- ⋅ Busbie Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
- ⋅ Ballinbreich Castle (Fife) Past & Present
- ⋅ Corgarff Castle (Aberdeenshire) Past & Present
- ⋅ Ailsa Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
- ⋅ Portencross Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
- ⋅ Braemar Castle (Aberdeen) Past & Present
- ⋅ Dunskey Castle (Wigtown) Past & Present
- ⋅ Thomaston Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
- ⋅ Newark Castle (Fife) Past & Present
- ⋅ Tinnis Castle (Peebles) Past & Present
- ⋅ Buckholm Tower Part 1 (Roxburgh) Past & Present
- ⋅ Mains Castle (East Kilbride) Past & Present
- ⋅ Sauchie Tower (Clackmannan) Past & Present
- ⋅ Kelburn Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
- ⋅ Inverquharity Castle (Angus) Past & Present
- ⋅ Hillslap Tower (Roxburgh) Past & Present
- ⋅ Cavers House (Roxburgh) Past & Present
- ⋅ Craigie Castle (Ayrshire) Past & Present
- ⋅ Kilmartin Castle (Argyll) Past & Present
- ⋅ Cathcart Castle (Glasgow) Past & Present
- ⋅ Torwood Castle (Stirling) Past & Present
- ⋅ Birse Castle (Aberdeenshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Terpersie Castle (Aberdeenshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Torthornwald Castle (Dumfries) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Boyne Castle (Banff) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Carrick Castle (Argyll) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Timpendean Tower (Roxburgh) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Eilean Donan (Wester Ross) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Ballone Castle (Ross-shire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Baltersan Castle (Ayr) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Rais Tower (Renfrewshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Newbyres Castle (Mid-Lothian) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Stonelaw Tower (Lanarkshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Almond Castle (Stirlingshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Carnousie Castle (Banffshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Law Castle (Ayrshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Strathaven Castle (Lanarkshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Place of Kilbirnie (Ayrshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Towie Barclay (Aberdeenshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Sorbie Tower (Wigtown) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Stoneypath Tower (East Lothian) Past & Present
- ⋅ Cruggleton Castle (Wigtown) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Hallyards Castle (West Lothian) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Fenton Tower - (East Lothian) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Earlstoun Castle (Kirkcudbright) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Royston Castle (Edinburgh) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Wallace's Tower (Aberdeen) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Inverugie Castle (Aberdeenshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Wallace's House (Renfrewshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Gilbertfield Tower (Lanark) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Pitfichie Castle (Aberdeen) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Dairsie Castle (Fife) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Barcaldine Castle (Argyll) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Forter Castle (Angus) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Auchans Castle (Ayr) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Eliock House (Dumfries) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Fa'side Castle (East Lothian) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Castlemilk Castle (Lanarkshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Stonebyres Castle (Lanarkshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Carnwath Motte (Lanark) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Carnock House (Airth, Stirling) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Boghall Castle (Lanarkshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Hatton Castle (Angus) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Dundonald Castle (Ayrshire) - Past & Present
- News & Features (256)
- Events
- Future Events (3)
- Past Events (69)
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour to Speyside and Morayshire - April 2022
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour to Perthshire - September 2019
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour to Angus and the Mearns - April 2019
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour to Deeside and Strathdon - September 2018
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour Peeblesshire April 2018
- ⋅ SCA Autumn 2017 Castle Tour to East Lothian
- ⋅ SCA April 2017 Castle Tour to Kirkcudbright
- ⋅ SCA Autumn 2016 Castle Tour to Argyll
- ⋅ SCA Spring Tour - Castles of the River Clyde Estuary
- ⋅ SCA Autumn 2015 Castle Tour to the Scottish Borders
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To Borders - Sept 2015
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour to the River Forth - April 2014
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour to Ellon - September 2013
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour to Wigtownshire April 2013
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour to the French Riviera - Oct 2012
- ⋅ SCA Castle Trip to Aberdeenshire - September 2012
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour to Fife - Apr 2012
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour to Caithness - Sept 2011
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour to the Isle of Man - June 2011
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To The Scottish Borders - May 2011
- ⋅ Members Day and Conference at Fingask Castle, Feb 2011
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To Cumbria and the Debatable Lands - Sep 2010
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To Stirlingshire - Apr 2010
- ⋅ SCA Members' Day to Ayrshire - Feb 2010
- ⋅ SCA Trip to Gordon Country: Aberdeenshire/Banffshire - Sept 2009
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To Lanarkshire - Apr 2009
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To Ayrshire - Feb 2009
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To Perthshire - Sep 2008
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To Kirkcudbright - Apr 2008
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To Ayrshire - Feb 2008
- ⋅ SCA Heineken Tour of Edinburgh Castle - Nov 2007
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To Inverurie - Sep 2007
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To Lothians - Apr 2007
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To Lanarkshire - Apr 2007
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour Of The Elgin Area - Sept 2006
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour Of The Edinburgh Area - June 2006
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To Tain - Apr 2006
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To East Lothian - Feb 2006
- ⋅ SCA Castle Tour To Renfrewshire - Sep 2005
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Scottish Castles Association 26th Anniversary Dinner
The Scottish Castles Association will celebrate its 26th anniversary with a dinner on Sunday 4th December 2022 at the Barony Castle Hotel near Peebles.
The Scottish Castles Association will celebrate its 26th anniversary with a dinner on Sunday 4th December 2022 at the Barony Castle Hotel near Peebles.
Date added: 12 Sep 2022
SCA Castle Tour to Roxburghshire - April 2023
The Scottish Castles Association will be visiting Roxburghshire in April 2023.
The Scottish Castles Association will be visiting Roxburghshire in April 2023.
Date added: 10 Sep 2022
SCA Castle Tour to Wigtownshire - September 2023
We will be visiting the castles of south west Scotland near Wigtownshire in September 2023.
We will be visiting the castles of south west Scotland near Wigtownshire in September 2023.
Date added: 09 Sep 2022
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