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Castles in Dumfriesshire

There are 228 castles, towers and fortified houses in the county of Dumfriesshire.

Below is a map showing their distribution across the county. Clicking on a marker will reveal the name of the castle and a link to a page about it.

Further down the page is a full alphabetical list of the castles in Dumfriesshire.

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Featured castles

Torduff (site of)
Wallacetown (site of)
Dargavel (site of)
Blacket House
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Castles in Dumfriesshire

Albie (site of)
Allerbeck (site of)
Amisfield Tower
Andrew Battye's Tower (site of)
Annan Castle (site of)
Applegarth motte
Archerbeck (site of)
Arkland Tower (site of)
Arkleton (site of)
Auchen Castle
Auchenfedrick
Auchengassel Castle (site of)
Auchenrivock Tower
Auchinbetrig (site of)
Auldgirth (site of)
Auldton Mote
Ballaggan motte
Barjarg Tower
Barnglishe (site of)
Barntalloch Castle (site of)
Benthead motte
Birrens (site of)
Blacket House
Blacklaw Tower
Blaik Esk (site of)
Blawst (site of)
Boadsbeck Castle (site of)
Bogle Walls (possible)
Bogrie Tower
Bombie (site of)
Bonshaw Tower
Bonshawside (possible) (site of)
Boreland Tower
Breckonside Tower
Breconside Tower
Brigmere (site of)
Broadchapel (possible)
Brockloch
Broomholm Tower (site of)
Buccleuch House
Bucklerhole (site of)
Burnfoot Tower (site of)
Bush (site of)
Buss (site of)
Caerlaverock Castle
Calfield Tower (site of)
Calvertsholm (site of)
Canobu (site of)
Canonbie (site of)
Carco Castle (site of)
Carlesgill (site of)
Carnsalloch (site of)
Carterton (site of)
Carzield (site of)
Castle Robert (site of)
Castlebank (site of)
Castledykes (site of)
Castlemilk (site of)
Clinthill (site of)
Closeburn Castle
Coats Hill motte
Cockpool Castle (site of)
Collin (site of)
Comlongon Castle
Comyn's Castle (site of)
Coome (site of)
Corehead Tower (site of)
Cornal Tower
Coshogle Castle (site of)
Cowhill Tower
Cragburn Castle (site of)
Craig (site of)
Craigdarroch
Craighouse
Craigs (site of)
Crooks (site of)
Crossdykes (site of)
Dalpeddar (site of)
Dalswinton Castle
Daltonhook (possible) (site of)
Dalveen Castle (site of)
Dandy Baities' Tower (site of)
Dargavel (site of)
Denbie
Dinning motte
Dinwoodie Castle (site of)
Dormont
Drumbeg (site of)
Drumlanrig Castle
Drummuir (site of)
Dumbretton (site of)
Dumcrieff (site of)
Dumfries Castle (site of)
Dunskellie Castle (site of)
Durisdeer Castle (site of)
Durnock (site of)
Eccles
Echizingles Tower (site of)
Eliock House
Elshieshields Tower
Enoch Castle
Flask (site of)
Fourmerkland Tower
Frenchland Tower
Garpol Water motte
Garypool (site of)
Gillesbie Tower
Gilnockie Castle (site of)
Gilnockie Tower
Glenae Tower
Glendinning (site of)
Glendouin (site of)
Glenrae Castle (site of)
Glenvore (site of)
Goosehill Castle (site of)
Granton motte (possible)
Greenlea (possible) (site of)
Grenewich (site of)
Harelaw Tower (site of)
Hoddom Castle
Holmains Castle
Hukburne (site of)
Hutton Mote
Irvine (site of)
Isle Tower
Isle Tower
Kelhead (site of)
Kelwoodside (site of)
Kinmount (site of)
Kinnelhead Tower
Kirkconnel Tower
Kirkconnel Tower
Kirkpatrick Tower (site of)
Kirkton (site of)
Kirkwood (site of)
Kirtlehead (site of)
Knockhill (site of)
Knockholme Tower (site of)
Lag Tower
Langholm Castle
Langshaw (site of)
Linnbridgeford (site of)
Loch Urr Castle (possible)
Locharwoods (possible) (site of)
Lochhouse Tower
Lochmaben Castle
Lochmaben Old Castle (site of)
Lochwood motte
Lochwood Tower
Lockerbie Tower (site of)
Lower Ingleston motte
Luce (site of)
Lunelly Tower
Maxwelton
Maxwelton motte
Mellingshaw Tower
Mereburne (site of)
Middle Locharwoods (possible) (site of)
Middlebie (site of)
Moatland motte
Monkeby (site of)
Morton Castle
Moss Castle (site of)
Motte of Dumfries
Mouswald Tower
Muirhead (site of)
Nether Locharwoods (possible) (site of)
Netherplace (site of)
Newbie Castle
Newlands (site of)
Nucke (site of)
Old Caerlaverock Castle
Old Crawfordton
Old Graitney (site of)
Old Hoddom Castle (site of)
Old Walls (site of)
Outer Woodhead (possible) (site of)
Poldean (site of)
Portrack Castle
Priore Johns (site of)
Raecleugh Tower
Raffles (site of)
Redhall Castle (site of)
Renpatrick (site of)
Repentance Tower
Robgill Tower
Rockhall
Rockhall Mote
Ross Castle
Roundstonefoot (site of)
Ryehill Castle (site of)
Ryehill motte
Sanquhar Castle
Sark Tower (site of)
Scotsbrig (site of)
Shiel (site of)
Sirkbrig Tower (site of)
Snade (site of)
Spedlin's Tower
Springkell (site of)
St Bryde's Tower
Staplegordon (site of)
Stapleton Tower
Stewarton
Stonehouse Tower (site of)
Sundaywell Tower
Supplebank (site of)
Tanlawhill (site of)
Thornwhate (site of)
Tibbers Castle
Tinwald motte
Tinwald Place (site of)
Torduff (site of)
Torthorwald Castle
Tower (site of)
Tundergarth Castle (site of)
Wallacetown (site of)
Wamphray motte
Warmanbie (site of)
Watsterkers (site of)
Wauchope Castle
Westerhall
Westhills (site of)
Whitesside (site of)
Whithaughe (site of)
Withisleis (site of)
Woodhouse Tower
Wreaths Tower (site of)

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Published on the 14th of May 2010 at 1:15 pm. Updated on the 19th of January 2022 at 6:46 pm.

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