List of castles in Dumfries and Galloway Facts for Kids

This is a list of castles in Dumfries and Galloway.

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Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes
Abbot's Tower	L-plan tower house	Late 16th century	Restored in 1990; in use as a residence	Private
Amisfield Tower also known as Hempisfield Tower	Tower house	17th century	Still in use as a residence	Private
Annan Castle		12th century	Motte remains
Auchen Castle	Courtyard castle	14th century	Ruined	Private		Also the name of a nearby baronial house of 1849
Auchenrivock Tower	L-plan tower house	Late 16th century	Ruined	Buccleuch Estate
Auchenskeoch Castle	Z-plan tower house	17th century	Ruined			Only Z-plan tower in Galloway
Auchness Castle
Baldoon Castle	Tower house	17th century	Ruined	Private	Kirkinner
Balmangan Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined
Barclosh Castle	Oblong plan tower house	Late 16th century	Ruined	Private
Barholm Castle	Tower house	15th century	Restored as a residence	Private
Barjarg Tower	L-plan tower house	Late 16th century	Progressively restored since 18th century
Barscobe Castle	L-plan tower house	1648	Restored 1971	Private
Blackethouse Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined
Blacklaw Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined	Forestry Commission
Bonshaw Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Preserved	Private
Boreland Tower	Tower House	Late 16th century
Breckonside Tower	Pele tower	Late 16th or early 17th century	Ruined		Near Moniaive
Breckonside Tower or Breconside	Oblong plan tower house	c. 1591	Ruined	Abandoned 1980	Near Moffat	Much altered and converted to a farmhouse.
Brydekirk Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Private		Ruins form part of series of outbuildings at Brydekirk Mains farm
Buittle Castle		12th century	Ruined
Buittle Place		16th century	Restored
Caerlaverock Castle	Courtyard castle	13th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland
Cardoness Castle	Tower house	15th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland
Carsluith Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland
Castle Clanyard
Castle Kennedy	Tower house	14th century	Ruined	Private	Near Stranraer	In the grounds of Lochinch Castle, extensive gardens
Castle of Park	Tower house	16th century	Restored as holiday accommodation	Historic Scotland	Near Glenluce	Leased to Landmark Trust
Castle of St. John	Tower house	16th century	Restored as a museum	Dumfries and Galloway Council	Stranraer
Castlemilk Tower	Tower house	15th century	Demolished c. 1707
Closeburn Castle	Tower house	14th century	Still in use as a residence	Private
Comlongon Castle	Tower house	15th century	Restored as a hotel	Private		19th century extensions
Cornal Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined
Corra Castle, Kirkgunzeon			Only remains are those of 17th-century house	Private
Corsewall Castle		15th century	Ruin		Near Stranraer
Craigcaffie Castle		c. 1570	Repaired Ruin		Innermessan	Class A listed building
Crawfordton Tower	Trapezoid plan tower house		Ruined
Cruggleton Castle	Motte and bailey	12th century	Ruined	Private	In Wigtownshire
Cumstoun Castle	Oblong plan tower house	c. 1500	Ruined
Dalswinton Tower	Z-plan tower house	Early 16th century	Ruined		Dalswinton
Drumcoltran Tower	L-plan tower house	Late 16th century	Preserved	Historic Scotland
Drumlanrig Castle	Renaissance house	17th century	Still in use as a residence	Duke of Buccleuch		On the site of an earlier castle
Dumfries Castle		12th century	Ruined		Dumfries
Dundeugh Castle	L-plan tower house	16th century	Ruined	Forestry Commission
Dunskey Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Private	Portpatrick
Earlstoun Castle	L-plan tower house	16th century	Decayed but roof maintained	Private
Edingham Castle	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined
Eliock House	Tower house	16th century	Partly ruined			Subsequent alterations, fire damaged in 1945. Category B listed building.
Elshieshields Tower	Tower house	16th century	Restored
Fourmerkland Tower	Oblong plan tower house	1590	Preserved
Frenchland Tower	Oblong plan tower house	Late 16th or early 17th century	Ruined
Friar's Carse	Baronial mansion	1873	Occupied as a hotel	Private		On the site of a castle
Galdenoch Castle					Leswalt	Scheduled monument.
Gillesbie Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Ruined
Gilnockie Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Restored as a residence	Private		Also known as Hollows Tower
Glenae Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined			Entrance reminiscent of bastle-house or pele-house
Hills Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Restored c. 1930			Retains barmkin and gatehouse
Hoddom Castle	Fortified enclosure containing L-plan tower house	1565	Preserved
Isle Tower or Lochar Tower	Oblong plan tower house	1587	Preserved
Isle of Whithorn Castle	Tower house	1674	Preserved as a residence			Isle of Whithorn Originally known as "The Isle"
Kenmure Castle		16th century
Killaser Castle
Kirkconnell Tower	Tower house	15th century	Still in use as a residence	Private
Kirkcudbright Castle		12th century	motte and bailey, site next to MacLellan's Castle			Greyfriar's Church built on the site
Lag Tower	Oblong plan tower house		Ruined
Langholm Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined
Lochar Tower	Rectangular plan tower house	16th century	Ruined
Lochhouse Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Restored as a residence	Private
Lochinch Castle	Baronial house	1867	Still in use as a residence	Private	Near Stranraer
Old Lochmaben Castle	Motte and bailey	12th century	Earthworks only remain		Lochmaben	Possible birthplace of Robert the Bruce, 1274. Located at 2nd green and 3rd tee of Lochmaben Golf Course
Lochmaben Castle	Castle of enceinte	c. 1298 King Edward	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Lochmaben
Lochnaw Castle	Tower house	16th century			Leswalt	Large 17th century additions
Lochwood Castle	L-plan tower house	15th century	Ruined	Private		Also known as Lochwood Tower
Lockerbie Tower	Oblong plan tower house	16th century	Demolished 1967			Site cleared to make way for present police station
MacLellan's Castle	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Kirkcudbright
Mellingshaw Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined
Morton Castle	Courtyard castle	15th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland		Preceded by a 13th-century castle
Mouswald Tower	Oblong plan tower house	c. 1562	Ruined
Myreton Castle	Tower House and later Great House	16th century	Ruined	Private	?	Built on an earlier Motte, Seat of the Myreton McCullochs; later sold to the Maxwells, located neat the white loch of Myreton
Newbie Castle	Tower house	15th Century	Demolished 1816. Fragmentary remains	Private		Held by the Corries, Johnstones and then the Marquises of Annandale. Newbie Harbour was close by
Orchardton Tower	Tower house	15th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland
Plunton Castle	Tower House		Ruined
Raecleugh Tower	Bastle house		Ruined			Farmhouse, Moffat
Repentance Tower	Tower house	1565	Preserved	Private
Robgill Tower	Tower house	12th century or earlier
Rusko Castle	Tower house		Restored	Private
Sanquhar Castle	Courtyard castle	15th century	Ruined	Private		Partially restored in the 19th century
Sorbie Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland	Sorbie
Staplegorton Castle	Motte and Bailey	12th century	No remains
Threave Castle	Tower house	14th century	Ruined	Historic Scotland
Tibbers Castle or Mote de Tibris	Motte and bailey	13th century	No remains	Private		The ruins lie within the estate of Drumlanrig Castle
Torthorwald Castle	Oblong plan tower house	14th century	Ruined	Private
Wauchope Castle	Motte and bailey / Tower house / Manse	13th century	No remains
Wigtown Castle		12th century	No remains			Wigtown
Wreaths Tower	tower house	before 16th century	ruins		Mainsriddle, nr Southerness

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