List of castles in Stirling (council area)
This is a list of castles in the Stirling council area.
List
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture |
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Airthrey Castle | Baronial house | 1790s | Occupied | Stirling University | Stirling NS812967 | University campus established in the grounds in the 1960s | |
Ballikinrain Castle | Baronial house | 1868 | Occupied | Church of Scotland | Killearn NS563872 | Independent residential school | |
Buchanan Castle | Baronial house | 1854 | Ruin | Drymen NS461886 | De-roofed in the 1950s | ||
Craigend Castle | Baronial house | Ruin | Mugdock Country Park | ||||
Culcreuch Castle | Tower house | 1296 | Occupied | Private | Fintry NS620786 | In use as a hotel | |
Dalnair Castle | Baronial house | 1884 | Occupied | Private | Stirling | In use as apartments[1] | |
Doune Castle | Courtyard castle | 14th century | Preserved | Historic Scotland | Doune NN7284701062 | Open to the public | |
Edinample Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Occupied as a residence | Private | Balquhidder NN601226 | Restored in the 1980s | |
Mugdock Castle | Courtyard castle | 14th century | Ruin | Stirling Council | Mugdock Country Park NS5501077167 | ||
Plean Castle | Tower house | Restored | Private | Plean | Also known as Plane castle, Menzies Castle, etc. | ||
Rusky Castle | Bastle | Submerged | Loch Rusky NN 6144 0338 | ||||
Stirling Castle | Historic Scotland | Stirling NS789940 |
See also
References
- ^ Reid, Scott (3 June 2019). "Your chance to live like a king as flats in Scottish baronial mansion hit market". The Scotsman. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7
- Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4
- Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press
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