City of Glasgow
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bishop's Castle, Glasgow | No remains | High Street, Glasgow | Demolished in the late 18th century | ||||
Cathcart Castle | 15th century | Ruined | Linn Park, Cathcart | Abandoned in the 18th century, pulled down in the 1980s | |||
Crookston Castle | X-plan tower house | 12th century; rebuilt c. 1400 | Ruined | Historic Scotland | Pollok | ||
Haggs Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Occupied as a residence | Private | Pollokshields | ||
Partick Castle | 1611 | No remains | Partick | Demolished during the 1830s |
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