List of castles in Highland
This is a list of castles in the Highland council area of Scotland.
List
Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture |
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 | ||||||
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 | ||||||
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 | ||||||
Glengarry Castle | |||||||
Castle Grant | Occupied | Private | |||||
Helmsdale Castle | 15th century | No remains | Helmsdale, Sutherland | Demolished in the 1970s | |||
Invergarry Castle | 17th century | Ruin | Ruins under preservation | ||||
Inverlochy Castle | Ruin | ||||||
Inverness Castle | Occupied | ||||||
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 | ||||||
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 | No remains | ||||||
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 | |||||
Varrich Castle | 1000AD? | Ruin | Tongue, Highland |