skip to main content

Blog
- Art & design
- Castles
- Cycling
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Festival
- Food & drink
- General
- History
- Music
- Sport
- Walking
- Whisky
- Wildlife
Castles
History
- Castles
- Ancient history
  - barrows
  - brochs
  - cairns
  - caves
  - chambered cairns
  - cists
  - crannogs
  - cursus monuments
  - forts
  - henges
  - rock art
  - sacred sites
  - souterrains
  - standing stones
  - stone circles
- Pictish history
- Clans
- Trace your ancestors
Culture
Eat
Drink
Stay
Travel guide
Walking
- Munros
- West Highland Way
Photos
Offers

Maxwelton

Alternative names for Maxwelton

Glencairn Castle; Maxwellton; Maxwelton House

Where is Maxwelton?

Maxwelton is in the parish of Glencairn and the county of Dumfriesshire.

Grid reference:NX 82212 89688

Lat / long:55.187393,-3.8515733

Bing Maps | Google Maps | Historic maps (NLS) | OpenStreetMap | Ordnance Survey | PastMap | Streetmap | Wikimapia

OS Map for Maxwelton

Nithsdale & Dumfries (Thornhill)
OS Explorer map 321

Directions to Maxwelton

Enter a starting point

Weather at Maxwelton

6°C
max 6°C / min 6°C

35km/h SW
989mb
82%
42%
06:13 18:31

Scattered clouds
Weather observed at Moniaive at 10:19

References (books)

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (Volume 25)

Various
Edinburgh, 1891

The Castles of Scotland

Martin Coventry
Prestongrange, 2015

References (websites)

Castles near Maxwelton

Maxwelton motte

Old Crawfordton

Stewarton

Breckonside Tower

Lower Ingleston motte

Auchenfedrick

Snade (site of)

Bogrie Tower

Sundaywell Tower

more castles....

Ancient sites near Maxwelton

Kirkland Station cursus

Tibbers cursus

Fourmerkland cursus

Gallaberry cursus

Holywood North cursus

Twelve Apostles stone circle

Holywood South cursus

Holm cursus

Curriestanes cursus

more ancient sites....

Pictish stones near Maxwelton

Trusty's Hill Class I rock carving

Eggerness Class I rock carving

Borthwick Mains Class I symbol stone

Princes Street Gardens Class I symbol stone

Abernethy No. 2 Class III symbol stone

Abernethy No. 4 Class III cross shaft

Hawkhill Class III cross-slab

Old Kilmadock 2 Class I symbol stone

Old Kilmadock 1 Class II symbol stone

more Pictish stones....

Pictish sites near Maxwelton

Whitecleugh silver chain

Todholes (possible) silver chain

Borland silver chain

Whitlaw silver chain

Haddington silver chain

Traprain Law silver chain

Hoardweel silver chain

Norrie's Law hoard

Dunnicaer fort

more Pictish sites....

Cafés, restaurants & bars near Maxwelton

Trigony Country House Hotel

hotel, restaurantThornhill

Friars Carse Country House Hotel

hotel, restaurantAuldgirth

Best Western Station Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barDumfries

Aston Hotel Dumfries

hotel, restaurant, barDumfries

Premier Inn Dumfries

hotel, restaurantDumfries

King's Arms Hotel, Castle Douglas

hotel, restaurant, barCastle Douglas

Annandale Arms Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barMoffat

Best Western Moffat House Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barMoffat

Best Western Dryfesdale Country House Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barLockerbie

Hetland Hall Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barCarrutherstown

more food.... / more drink....