List of castles in Highland (Scotland)

This is a list of castles in the Highland council area of Scotland.

List

Name Type Date Condition Ownership Location Notes Picture Aberscross Castle No remains Achnacarry Castle Occupied Ackergill Tower Occupied Ardtornish Castle Ruin Ardvreck Castle Ruin Armadale Castle Ruin Ballone Castle Z-plan tower houselate 16th centuryRestored as residencePrivatenear PortmahomackRestored from scratch after 1990 Balnagown Castle Occupied Balquholly Castle Occupied 57° 30′ 44″ N, 2° 24′ 25″ W Now known as Hatton Castle, originally owned by same Mowatts who owned Buchollie Castle Beaufort Castle Occupied Borve Castle, Benbecula Ruin Borve Castle, Sutherland Ruin Braal Castle Ruin Brahan Castle Ruin Brims Castle Ruin Buchollie Castle Begun in 1148 Ruin near Freswick in Caithness Caisteal Maol Ruin Carbisdale Castle Occupied Chanonry Castle No remains Castle of Mey Historic House Occupied Cawdor Castle Historic House Begun in 1454, with keep dating to this period. Mostly 17th century Occupied Nairnshire Castle Craig Ruin Dalcross Castle L-plan 17th century Occupied PrivateDalcross, Highland Nairnshire Daviot Castle Site Daviot, Highland Dingwall Castle Ruin Dingwall Dornoch Castle Occupied Dounreay Castle L-plan 16th century Ruin Within the grounds of Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment Dunbeath Castle Occupied Dun Ringill Ruin Dunrobin Castle Occupied Castle open Dunscaith Castle Ruin Duntulm Castle Ruin Dunvegan Castle Historic House Occupied Eilean Donan Castle Dornie Rebuilt in 20th century Erchless Castle Occupied PrivateStruy Foulis Castle Occupied Forse Castle Ruin Freswick Occupied Glengarry Castle Alternative name for Invergarry Castle? Castle Grant Occupied Private Helmsdale Castle 15th century No remains Helmsdale, Sutherland Demolished in the 1970s Invergarry Castle 17th century Ruin Invergarry Castle Preservation TrustLoch Oich, Great GlenRuins under preservation Inverlochy Castle C13 Ruin Historic Environment Scotlandnr Fort William Inverness Castle Largely C19 Occupied Highland Council Part used as Court Houses Keiss Castle Ruin Kilravock Castle Occupied Nairnshire Rose family Kinloch Castle Occupied Kinlochaline Castle Occupied Knock Castle Ruin Castle Leod Occupied Lochindorb Castle Ruin Milntown Castle No remains Mingarry Castle Medieval hall 13th century Ruin Ardnamurchan Peninsula Undergoing preservation, renovation and restoration Muckrach Castle Occupied Moniack Castle Occupied Newmore Castle Ruin Castle of Old Wick 14th Century Ruin Historic Environment Scotland Wick, Caithness Ormlie Ormond Castle Ruin Also known as Avoch Castle Petty Castle Ruin Also known as Halhill Rait Castle 14th century Ruin Private Nairnshire http://her.highland.gov.uk/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MHG45363 Redcastle or Castle Roy Ruin Scrabster Castle 12th century Ruin Bishop's castle Sinclair & Girnigoe Castle Ruin Skibo Castle Occupied Strome Castle Ruin National Trust for Scotland Castle Stuart Tower house 1625 Restored as residence Private Tarradale Castle Teaninich Castle Occupied Castle Tioram Ruin Tor Castle Tower house14th century Ruin Tulloch Castle 16th century Occupied Urquhart Castle Ruin Historic Environment Scotland 57.324°N 4.442°W Varrich Castle 1000AD? Ruin Tongue, Highland

See also Castles in Scotland List of castles in Scotland List of listed buildings in Highland

Notes

References Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press