Eilean Donan

May 2, 1999.Reading time 3 minutes.

Perhaps the most photographed castle in Scotland, and a film location for dozens of films

Castles and ruins (by name)

May 2, 1999.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Links to all the castles, tower houses, mottes, and palaces that we visited — for photos and some history

May 2, 1999.Reading time 1 minute.

Listing of castles, tower houses, palaces, and mottes in Kinkardine and Angus

May 2, 1999.Reading time 1 minute.

Listing of castles, tower houses, palaces, and mottes in Clackmannan, Fife, and Kinross

May 2, 1999.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Listing of castles, tower houses, palaces, and mottes in Caithness, Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty

May 2, 1999.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Listing of castles, tower houses, palaces, and mottes in the Orkneys and Shetlands

May 2, 1999.Reading time 17 minutes.

Common terms in Medieval architecture

May 17, 1999.Reading time 9 minutes.

A sprawling, enormous, semi-ruined 14th century castle with massive red curtain walls and hundred foot drops to the sea

May 17, 1999.Reading time 2 minutes.

A millennia-old hill fort near Nunraw Abbey — really just an oddly shaped hill with some archaeological remains

May 17, 1999.Reading time 5 minutes.

A large ruined 13th – 16th century castle on the banks of the River Tyne