Sanquhar

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

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Hermitage

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

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Caerlaverock

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

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Portencross Castle

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

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Dundonald

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

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Rowallan

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

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Bothwell

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

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Doune

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

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Blackness

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

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Stirling

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

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