List of castles in Highland

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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 house	late 16th century	Restored as residence	Private	near Portmahomack	Restored 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
		Begun in 1148[1][2]	Ruin		near Freswick in Caithness
Caisteal Maol			Ruin
Carbisdale Castle			Occupied
Castle Chanonry of Ross			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	Private	Dalcross, 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	Private	Struy
Foulis Castle			Occupied
Forse Castle			Ruin
Freswick			Occupied
						Alternative name for Invergarry Castle?
Castle Grant			Occupied	Private
		15th century	No remains		Helmsdale, Sutherland	Demolished in the 1970s
Invergarry Castle		17th century	Ruin	Invergarry Castle Preservation Trust	Loch Oich, Great Glen	Ruins under preservation
Inverlochy Castle		C13	Ruin	Historic Environment Scotland	nr 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
Moniack Castle			Occupied
Newmore Castle			Ruin
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
			Ruin
Scrabster Castle	12th century		Ruin		58°36′04″N 3°32′20″W / 58.601013°N 3.538941°W / 58.601013; -3.538941	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 house	14th century	Ruin
Tulloch Castle		16th century	Occupied
Urquhart Castle			Ruin	Historic 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 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