Sanquhar

May 21, 1999.Reading time 4 minutes.

A lovely, tree-filled ruin near Sanquhar, along the Southern Upland Way

Hermitage

May 21, 1999.Reading time 3 minutes.

Four towers, connected with walls, make this fortress an impregnable cube of stone

May 21, 1999.Reading time 9 minutes.

My favorite castle in Scotland — a triangular, multi-towered ruin with not one, but two moats!

May 22, 1999.Reading time 2 minutes.

A very small, mostly-restored tower house on the western cost, along the rocky beach

May 22, 1999.Reading time 4 minutes.

A massive fortified towerhouse built for Robert II in the 14th century

May 22, 1999.Reading time 1 minute.

We only saw the gatehouse, but there is a private (and large) restored castle somewhere behind them

May 22, 1999.Reading time 9 minutes.

A very large castle ruin along a bend on the River Clyde.

May 23, 1999.Reading time 5 minutes.

Best known as the castle in Monty Python’s Holy Grail, this is one of the tallest towers in Scotland

May 23, 1999.Reading time 7 minutes.

This 15th century fortress looks like an enormous battleship, heading out to sea.

May 23, 1999.Reading time 5 minutes.

Stirling is considered one of the strongest and most impregnable castles in Scotland.