Dumfries and Galloway
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture |
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Abbot's Tower | L-plan tower house | Late 16th century | Restored in 1990; in use as a residence | Private | NX972666 | ||
Amisfield Tower | Tower house | 17th century | Still in use as a residence | Private | NX992838 | Also known as Hempisfield Tower | |
Annan Castle | 12th century | No remains | Annan | ||||
Auchen Castle | Courtyard castle | 14th century | Ruined | Private | NT063035 | Also the name of a nearby baronial house of 1849 | |
Auchenrivock Tower | L-plan tower house | Late 16th century | Ruined | Buccleuch Estate | NY372805 | ||
Auchenskeoch Castle | Z-plan tower house | 17th century | Ruined | NX918589 | Only Z-plan tower in Galloway | ||
Baldoon Castle | Tower house | 17th century. Baldun in Wigtownshire 1654. Baldone 1684 | Ruined | Private | In KirkinnerWigtownshire NX426535 | ||
Balmangan Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | NX650457 | |||
Barclosh Castle | Oblong plan tower house | Late 16th century | Ruined | Private | NX855625 | ||
Barholm Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Restored as a residence | Private | NX521529 | ||
Barjarg Tower | L-plan tower house | Late 16th century | Progressively restored since 18th century | NX877901 | |||
Barscobe Castle | L-plan tower house | 1648 | Restored 1971 | Private | NX660806 | ||
Blackethouse Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | NY243744 | |||
Blacklaw Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Forestry Commission | NT052067 | ||
Bonshaw Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Preserved | Private | NY242720 | ||
Boreland Tower | Tower House | Late 16th century or early 17th century | NY066957 | ||||
Breckonside Pele | Pele tower | Late 16th or early 17th century | Ruined | NX840889 | |||
Breckonside Tower | Oblong plan tower house | c. 1591 | Ruined | Abandoned 1980 | NT108021 | ||
Brydekirk Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Private | NY187711 | Ruins form part of series of outbuildings at Brydekirk Mains farm | |
Buittle Castle | 12th century | Ruined | |||||
Caerlaverock Castle | Courtyard castle | 13th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | NY025656 | ||
Cardoness Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | NX589553 | ||
Carsluith Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | NX494542 | ||
Castle Kennedy | Tower house | 14th century | Ruined | Private | In Wigtownshire NX110608 | In the grounds of Lochinch Castle, extensive gardens | |
Castle of Park | Tower house | 16th century | Restored as holiday accommodation | Historic Scotland | In Wigtownshire NX188571 | Leased to Landmark Trust | |
Castle of St. John | Tower house | 16th century | Restored as a museum | Dumfries and Galloway Council | In Wigtownshire NX060607 | ||
Castlemilk Tower | Tower house | 15th century | Demolished c. 1707 | NY149776 | |||
Closeburn Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Still in use as a residence | Private | NX907921 | ||
Comlongon Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Restored as a hotel | Private | NY079690 | 19th century extensions | |
Cornal Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | NT112044 | |||
Corra Castle | Castle | Only remains are those of 17th century house | Private | NX867662 | |||
Corsewall Castle | Castle | 15th Century | Ruin | In Wigtownshire NW991714 | |||
Craigcaffie Castle | Castle | c.1570 | Repaired Ruin | In Wigtownshire NX088641 | Class A listed building | ||
Crawfordton Tower | Trapezoid plan tower house | Ruined | NX816889 | ||||
Cruggleton Castle | Motte and bailey | 12th century | Ruined | Private | In Wigtownshire NX483428 | ||
Cumstoun Castle | Oblong plan tower house | c. 1500 | Ruined | NX682532 | |||
Dalswinton Tower | Z-plan tower house | Early 16th century | Ruined | NX945840 | |||
Drumcoltran Tower | L-plan tower house | Late 16th century | Preserved | Historic Scotland | NX869682 | ||
Drumlanrig Castle | Renaissance house | 17th century | Still in use as a residence | Duke of Buccleuch | NX850992 | On the site of an earlier castle | |
Dumfries Castle | 12th century | Ruined | Dumfries | ||||
Dundeugh Castle | L-plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Forestry Commission | NX601880 | ||
Dunskey Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Private | In Wigtownshire NX003533 | ||
Earsltoun Castle | L-plan tower house | 16th century | Decayed but roof maintained | Private | NX614841 | Used as farm store | |
Edingham Castle | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | NX839628 | |||
Eliock Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | NS797075 | |||
Elshieshields Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Restored | NY069850 | |||
Fourmerkland Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 1590 | Preserved | NX908808 | |||
Frenchland Tower | Oblong plan tower house | Late 16th or early 17th century | Ruined | NT102054 | |||
Friar's Carse | Baronial mansion | 1873 | Occupied as a hotel | Private | NX125850 | On the site of a castle | |
Galdenoch Castle | Castle | In Wigtownshire NW975633 | Class A listed building | ||||
Gillesbie Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | NY172919 | |||
Gilnockie Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Restored as a residence | Private | NY382785 | Also known as Hollows Tower | |
Glenae Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | NX984905 | Entrance reminiscent of bastle-house or pele-house | ||
Hills Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Restored c. 1930 | NX912726 | Retains barmkin and gatehouse | ||
Hoddom Castle | Fortified enclosure containing L-plan tower house | 1565 | Preserved | NY155729 | |||
Isle Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 1587 | Preserved | NY149776 | |||
Isle of Whithorn Castle | Tower house | 1674 | Preserved as a residence | In Wigtownshire Originally known as "The Isle" | |||
Kenmure Castle | Castle | 16th century | NX635764 | ||||
Kinnelhead Bastle-House | Oblong plan bastle-house | Ruined | NT028016 | ||||
Kirkconnell Tower | Tower house | 15th century | Still in use as a residence | Private | NX979680 | ||
Kirkcudbright Castle | 12th century | ||||||
Lag Tower | Oblong plan tower house | Ruined | NX881862 | ||||
Langholm Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | NY361849 | |||
Lochar Tower | Rectangular plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | NY028690 | |||
Lochhouse Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Restored as a residence | Private | NT082033 | ||
Lochinch Castle | Baronial house | 1867 | Still in use as a residence | Private | In Wigtownshire NX106618 | ||
Lochmaben Castle | Castle of enceinte | 14th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | NY088811 | ||
Old Lochmaben Castle | 12th century | ||||||
Lochnaw Castle | Tower house | 16th century | In Wigtownshire NW991628 | Large 17th century additions | |||
Lochwood Castle | L-plan tower house | 15th century | Ruined | Private | NY084967 | Also known as Lochwood Tower | |
Lockerbie Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Demolished 1967 | NY136814 | Site cleared to make way for present police station | ||
MacLellan's Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | NX681510 | ||
Mellingshaw Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | NT037088 | |||
Morton Castle | Courtyard castle | 15th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | NX890992 | Preceded by a 13th century castle | |
Mouswald Tower | Oblong plan tower house | c. 1562 | Ruined | NY062739 | |||
Orchardton Tower | Tower house | 15th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | NX817550 | ||
Raecleugh Tower | Tower house | Ruined | NT038118 | ||||
Repentance Tower | Tower house | 1565 | Preserved | Private | NY155722 | ||
Robgill Tower | Tower house | NY248717 | |||||
Sanquhar Castle | Courtyard castle | 15th century | Ruined | Private | NS785092 | Partially restored in the 19th century | |
Sorbie Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | In Wigtownshire NX449470 | ||
Threave Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | NX739623 | ||
Tibber's Castle | Motte and bailey | 13th century | No remains | Private | NX862982 | ||
Torthorwald Castle | Oblong plan tower house | 14th century | Ruined | Private | NY033782 | ||
Wigtown Castle | 12th century | In Wigtownshire |
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