South Lanarkshire
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bothwell Castle | Castle of enceinte | 13th century | Ruin | Historic Scotland | Bothwell | ||
Calderwood Castle | 14th century | No remains | N/a | Long Calderwood, East Kilbride | Demolished in 1955 | ||
Cadzow Castle | 1500–1550 | Ruin | Historic Scotland | Chatelherault Country Park | Rebuilt as a folly in the 18th century | ||
Craignethan Castle | 1500–1550 | Ruin | Historic Scotland | Crossford | |||
Crawford Castle | Ruin | Crawford | Also known as Lindsay Tower | ||||
Douglas Castle | Ruin | Douglas | Only a single tower of the 17th-century castle remains. Also known as Castle Dangerous | ||||
Farme Castle | Keep and courtyard | 15th century | No remains | n/a | Rutherglen | Demolished in the 1960s | |
Gilbertfield Castle | Tower house | 1607 | Ruin | Private | Cambuslang | ||
Tower of Hallbar | Tower house | 16th century | Restored as holiday accommodation | Vivat Trust | Braidwood | ||
Lee Castle | Historic House | Occupied as a residence | Private | Lanark | Parts date from the 13th century | ||
Mains Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Occupied as a residence | Private | East Kilbride | ||
Rutherglen Castle | 13th century | No remains | n/a | Rutherglen | Destroyed in 1569 | ||
Strathaven Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Ruin | Strathaven | Free access | ||
Tarbrax Castle | No remains | n/a | Tarbrax |
Read more about this topic: List Of Castles In Scotland
Famous quotes containing the word south:
“The Great South Beach of Long Island,... though wild and desolate, as it wants the bold bank,... possesses but half the grandeur of Cape Cod in my eyes, nor is the imagination contented with its southern aspect.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)