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- ⋅ Bedrule Castle to give up its secrets
- ⋅ Castles of the Cathars – Puilaurens, Part II
- ⋅ 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
- ⋅ Almond Castle – running out of time
- ⋅ Preserve Rait Castle!
- ⋅ Plans lodged to give Gilbertfield Tower a future
- ⋅ Mystery objects – can you identify them?
- ⋅ Castle Craig to be saved
- ⋅ Scotland's first lockdown in 1350
- ⋅ A letter from our Chairman
- ⋅ 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
- ⋅ Castle Warfare Part V: The English capture of Lochwood Tower 1547
- ⋅ History of Bonnefont Castle (aka, Château de Saint-Just-Le-Martel)
- ⋅ 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
- ⋅ The SCA take a look at Dowhill Castle
- ⋅ Dumbarton Castle as a tourist destination?
- ⋅ 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
- ⋅ Drum Castle, Free of Scaffolding
- ⋅ Castle Grant and Ackergill Tower News
- ⋅ Spring Outing to Castles a Great Success!
- ⋅ New Walk planned for Spynie Palace
- ⋅ Dunnottar Castle to close whilst Kinneff Manse is for sale
- ⋅ National Trust of Scotland may buy Ailsa Craig with US help
- ⋅ The Historic Environment Strategy for Scotland
- ⋅ Doune Castle playing a starring role in Outlander
- ⋅ Ancient Graffiti in Mingary Castle
- ⋅ Linlithgow Palace considered for re-roofing
- ⋅ Edinburgh Castle Royal Birthing Room Reopened to Public
- ⋅ Fire at Ackergill Tower near Wick treated as suspicious
- ⋅ 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 Photographs - a peep at Social History
- ⋅ Castle creepy crawlies saved
- ⋅ Bothwell Castle - The Gatehouse
- ⋅ Historic buildings to receive revamp
- ⋅ Dunnottar to become the Eighth Wonder of the World?
- ⋅ The Destruction of Chateau de Coucy in 1917
- ⋅ Mingary Castle in line for preservation cash boost
- ⋅ Loch an Eilein Castle - Inverness
- ⋅ Whatever happened to Bothwell Castle?
- ⋅ Leith Hall to Reopen
- ⋅ 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
- ⋅ The Building of Craigietocher Tower - Chapter 2
- ⋅ Ground Source Heating - A Personal View
- ⋅ The Building of Craigietocher Tower - Chapter 1
- ⋅ Medieval Lavers in Scottish Tower Houses
- ⋅ John Clerk of Eldin (1728 - 1812) Exhibition
- ⋅ Cruggleton Castle - Brian McGarrigle
- ⋅ Secrets of Scotland's lost gardens
- ⋅ Braemar Castle gets makeover
- ⋅ The Attack on Wee Cumbrae Castle 1599
- ⋅ Castle Photographic Album from 1867 - taken by Fife Photographer John Patrick
- ⋅ Stirling Castle towers over London
- ⋅ Buildings get Historic Scotland grants to fund repairs
- ⋅ Nether Horsburgh Castle
- ⋅ Archaeologists uncover medieval defences in grounds of historic castle
- ⋅ Royal Commission survey of 13th century Comyn castles
- ⋅ 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
- ⋅ Wallace's Tower (aka Benholm's Lodging) - Finding a use at last?
- ⋅ Dunnollie Castle to be closed
- ⋅ Talking a lot of Boles
- ⋅ Maybole Castle, Ayr, receives a cash boost
- ⋅ A broch has been discovered near the village of Dunning in Perth
- ⋅ Tower Houses in the Scottish Borders.
- ⋅ Place of Kelly comes to light
- ⋅ Bothwell Castle Donjon
- ⋅ Tibbers Castle (Dumfries)
- ⋅ Tertowie House destroyed by fire
- ⋅ The fireplace of Castlemilk House
- ⋅ Baltersan Points The Way
- ⋅ New Dating Sequence for Dunstaffnage Castle
- ⋅ Heraldic Arms of Archibald The Grim
- ⋅ 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
- ⋅ A Brief History of Arms and Armour
- ⋅ Paul Mowbray - Artist, Designer and Wood Craftsman
- ⋅ Vanessa Harryhausen... I presume
- ⋅ Fa'side Castle - by Sue Brash
- ⋅ Cramond Tower - A Derelict Property - Rescued, Restored and Reoccupied
- ⋅ Bringing Barholm Castle back to life
- ⋅ The Forts of Oman - By Alastair Bain
- ⋅ Masons' Marks Project
- ⋅ A Castle Owner's Pilgrimage
- ⋅ The Scottish Flag Heritage Centre
- Past & Present (176)
- ⋅ Broughty Castle (Dundee) – Past and Present
- ⋅ 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
- ⋅ Lochmaben Castle (Dumfries) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Sanquhar Castle (Dumfries) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Balmangan Tower (Kirkcudbright) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Horsburgh Castle (Peebles) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Waygateshaw (Lanark) - Past and present
- ⋅ Drumcoltran Tower (Kirkcudbright) - Past and present
- ⋅ Spedlins Tower (Dumfries) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Orchardton Tower (Kirkcudbright) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Kirkhill Castle (Ayr) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Cockburnspath Tower (Berwick) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Cockburnspath House (Berwick) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Eastshield (Lanark) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Loudoun Castle (Ayr) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Tarbert Castle (Argyll) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Amisfield Tower (Dumfries) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Black Castle (Perthshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Murieston Castle (West Lothian) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Lincluden College (Dumfries) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Hoddom Castle (Dumfries) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Caldwell Tower (Renfrew) Past & Present
- ⋅ Gilston Peel (Lothian) Past & Present
- ⋅ Balthayock Castle (Perth) Past & Present
- ⋅ Carberry Tower (Lothian) - Past and Present
- ⋅ Spynie Palace (Moray) Past & Present
- ⋅ Dun Troddan (Inverness) Past & Present
- ⋅ Plunton Castle (Kirkcudbright) Past & Present
- ⋅ Crookston Castle (Renfrew) Past & Present
- ⋅ Stirling Castle Great Hall - Past & Present
- ⋅ Ardvreck Castle (Sutherland) Past & Present
- ⋅ Fingask Castle (Perth) Past and Present
- ⋅ Bothwell Castle (Lothian) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Jerviston Tower (Lanark) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Niddrie House (Lothian) Past & Lost
- ⋅ Elphinstone Tower (Gorbals) 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
- ⋅ Balvenie Castle (Moray) Past & Present
- ⋅ Dryhope Tower (Selkirk) Past & Present
- ⋅ Gight Castle (Aberdeen) Past & Present
- ⋅ Old Sauchie (Stirling) Past & Present
- ⋅ Cessford Castle (Roxburgh) Past & Present
- ⋅ Kenmure Castle (Kirkcudbright) 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
- ⋅ Fairburn Tower (Ross) Past and Present
- ⋅ Dunure Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
- ⋅ Buckholm Tower Part 2 (Roxburgh) Past & Present
- ⋅ Craighlaw Castle (Wigtown) Past & Present
- ⋅ Macduff's Castle (Fife) Past & Present
- ⋅ Redcastle (Ross) Past & Present
- ⋅ Clackmanan Tower (Clackmanan) 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
- ⋅ Braemar Castle (Aberdeen) Past & Present
- ⋅ Dunskey Castle (Wigtown) Past & Present
- ⋅ Thomaston Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
- ⋅ Newark Castle (Fife) Past & Present
- ⋅ Portencross Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
- ⋅ Tinnis Castle (Peebles) Past & Present
- ⋅ Buckholm Tower Part 1 (Roxburgh) Past & Present
- ⋅ Mains Castle (East Kilbride) Past & Present
- ⋅ Kelburn Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
- ⋅ Sauchie Tower (Clackmannan) 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
- ⋅ Torwood Castle (Stirling) Past & Present
- ⋅ Cathcart Castle (Glasgow) Past & Present
- ⋅ Birse Castle (Aberdeenshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Torthornwald Castle (Dumfries) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Terpersie Castle (Aberdeenshire) - 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
- ⋅ Sorbie Tower (Wigtown) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Towie Barclay (Aberdeenshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Hallyards Castle (West Lothian) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Stoneypath Tower (East Lothian) Past & Present
- ⋅ Royston Castle (Edinburgh) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Earlstoun Castle (Kirkcudbright) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Cruggleton Castle (Wigtown) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Fenton Tower - (East Lothian) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Pitfichie Castle (Aberdeen) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Wallace's Tower (Aberdeen) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Inverugie Castle (Aberdeenshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Wallace's House (Renfrewshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Gilbertfield Tower (Lanark) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Forter Castle (Angus) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Eliock House (Dumfries) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Auchans Castle (Ayr) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Dairsie Castle (Fife) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Barcaldine Castle (Argyll) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Stonebyres Castle (Lanarkshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Castlemilk Castle (Lanarkshire) - Past & Present
- ⋅ Fa'side Castle (East Lothian) - 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 (258)
- Events
- Future Events (2)
- 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
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Scottish Castles Association Picnic June 2023
| Date: | Saturday 10 June 2023 |
| Time: | 1.30-4.30pm |
| Venue: | Aikwood Tower, near Selkirk, TD7 5HJ |
| Directions: | Find Aikwood Tower on Google Maps here. |
| Attendance Confirmation: | All members will be sent an email giving a link where you can confirm your attendance. If you are unable to attend, there is no need to respond – we hope to see you at a future event. |
| Cost: | £5 per adult member or guest. Children can attend free. Payment details will be included in the email sent to all members. |
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