List of castles in Highland
This is a list of castles in the Highland council area of Scotland.
List
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture | |
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Achnacarry Castle | Occupied | |||||||
Ackergill Tower | Occupied | |||||||
Ardtornish Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Ardvreck Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Armadale Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Ballone Castle | Z-plan tower house | late 16th century | Restored as residence | Private | near Portmahomack | Restored from scratch after 1990 | ||
Balnagown Castle | Occupied | |||||||
Beaufort Castle | Occupied | |||||||
Borve Castle, Benbecula | Ruin | |||||||
Borve Castle, Sutherland | Ruin | |||||||
Braal Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Brahan Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Brims Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Buchollie Castle | Begun in 1148[1][2] | Ruin | near Freswick in Caithness | |||||
Caisteal Maol | Ruin | |||||||
Carbisdale Castle | Occupied | |||||||
Castle Chanonry of Ross | No remains | |||||||
Castle of Mey | Historic House | Occupied | ||||||
Cawdor Castle | Historic House | Begun in 1454, with keep dating to this period. Mostly 17th century | Occupied | Nairnshire | ||||
Castle Craig | Ruin | |||||||
Dalcross Castle | L-plan | 17th century | Occupied | Private | Dalcross, Highland | Nairnshire | ||
Dingwall Castle | Ruin | Dingwall | ||||||
Dornoch Castle | Occupied | |||||||
Dounreay Castle | Ruin | See Dounreay | ||||||
Dunbeath Castle | Occupied | |||||||
Dun Ringill | Ruin | |||||||
Dunrobin Castle | Occupied | Castle open | ||||||
Dunscaith Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Duntulm Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Dunvegan Castle | Historic House | Occupied | ||||||
Eilean Donan Castle | Dornie | Rebuilt in 20th century | ||||||
Erchless Castle | Occupied | Private | Struy | |||||
Foulis Castle | Occupied | |||||||
Forse Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Freswick | Occupied | |||||||
Glengarry Castle | ||||||||
Castle Grant | Occupied | Private | ||||||
Helmsdale Castle | 15th century | No remains | Helmsdale, Sutherland | Demolished in the 1970s | ||||
Invergarry Castle | 17th century | Ruin | Ruins under preservation | |||||
Inverlochy Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Inverness Castle | Occupied | |||||||
Keiss Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Kilravock Castle | Occupied | Nairnshire | Rose family | |||||
Kinloch Castle | Occupied | |||||||
Kinlochaline Castle | Occupied | |||||||
Knock Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Castle Leod | Occupied | |||||||
Lochindorb Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Milntown Castle | No remains | |||||||
Mingarry Castle | Medieval hall | 13th century | Ruin | Ardnamurchan Peninsula | Undergoing preservation, renovation and restoration | |||
Moniack Castle | Occupied | |||||||
Newmore Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Ormlie | ||||||||
Ormond Castle | Ruin | Also known as Avoch Castle | ||||||
Rait Castle | 14th century | Ruin | Private | Nairnshire | http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG45363 | |||
Redcastle or Castle Roy | Ruin | |||||||
Scrabster Castle | No remains | |||||||
Sinclair & Girnigoe Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Skibo Castle | Occupied | |||||||
Strome Castle | Ruin | National Trust for Scotland | ||||||
Castle Stuart | Tower house | 1625 | Restored as residence | Private | ||||
Tarradale Castle | ||||||||
Teaninich Castle | Occupied | |||||||
Castle Tioram | Ruin | |||||||
Tor Castle | Ruin | |||||||
Tulloch Castle | 16th century | Occupied | ||||||
Urquhart Castle | Ruin | Historic Scotland | ||||||
Varrich Castle | 1000AD? | Ruin | Tongue, Highland |
See also
Notes
References
- Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7
- Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4
- Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press
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