Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh from its position on the Castle ...
Stirling Castle is one of the largest and most important castles, both historically and architecturally, in Scotland. The cas ...
The Linlithgow Palace was one of the principal residences of the monarchs of Scotland in the 15th and 16th centuries. Althoug ...
Urquhart Castle dominates a rocky promontory jutting into Loch Ness. That promontory has hosted some famous names in its long ...
Eilean Donan Castle is one of the most recognised castles in Scotland. It is, without doubt, a Scottish icon and certainly on ...
St Andrews Castle is a ruin located in the coastal Royal Burgh of St Andrews. The castle sits on a rocky promontory overlooki ...
The Bishop"s Palace, Kirkwall was built at the same time as the adjacent St Magnus Cathedral. It was built for the cathe ...
Dunnottar Castle is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the north-east coast of Scotland. The su ...
Doune Castle was originally built in the thirteenth century, then probably damaged in the Scottish Wars of Independence, befo ...
Tantallon Castle is a ruined medieval fortress atop a promontory opposite the Bass Rock, looking out onto the Firth of Forth. ...
Traquair House is claimed to be the oldest continually inhabited house in Scotland. Whilst not strictly a castle, it is built ...
Caerlaverock Castle is an impressive and unusual triangular-shaped castle a few miles South of Dumfries on the Solway coast. ...
Blackness Castle is a 15th-century fortress on the south shore of the Firth of Forth. It was built, probably on the site of a ...
Dirleton Castle is a medieval fortress in East Lothian, Scotland. Begun in around 1240 by John De Vaux, the castle was heavil ...
Blair Castle is the ancestral home of the Clan Murray, and was historically the seat of their chief, the Duke of Atholl. Bla ...
Craigmillar is one of Scotland’s most perfectly preserved castles. It began as a simple tower-house residence. Gradually, o ...
Aberdour Castle is located in the village of Easter Aberdour. Parts of the castle date from around 1200, making Aberdour one ...
Dunvegan Castle was the seat of Clan MacLeod chiefs. Dunvegan Castle is the oldest continuously inhabited castle in Scotland ...
Dornoch Castle was built around 1500 as the home of the bishops of Caithness. Bishop Robert Stewart gifted the castle to John ...
Cawdor Castle is built around a 15th-century tower house, with substantial additions in later centuries. Originally a propert ...