List of castles in South Lanarkshire facts for kids

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This is a list of castles in South Lanarkshire.

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Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Bothwell Castle	Castle of enceinte	13th century	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Bothwell
Cadzow Castle		1500–1550	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Chatelherault Country Park	Rebuilt as a folly in the 18th century
Calderwood Castle		14th century	No remains	N/a	Long Calderwood, East Kilbride	Demolished in 1955
Carstairs Castle		12th century	No remains		Carstairs
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
Drumsagard Castle			Ruin		Cambuslang
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
Kilbride Castle	Keep and courtyard	12th century	Ruin		East Kilbride
Lanark Castle		Unknown	No remains		Lanark	Kenneth II held at least one parliament at Lanark Castle in 978. It played an important role in the Scottish Wars of Independence, being where William Wallace first drew his sword against the English.
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

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