# List of castles in Dumfries and Galloway

This is a list of castles in Dumfries and Galloway.

## List

| Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes |
| Abbot's Tower | L-plan tower house | Late 16th century | Restored in 1990; in use as a residence | Private | NX 97250 66643 | |
| Amisfield Tower also known as Hempisfield Tower | Tower house | 17th century | Still in use as a residence | Private | NX 99203 83800 | |
| Annan Castle | | 12th century | Motte remains | | NY 1920 6675 | |
| Auchen Castle | Courtyard castle | 14th century | Ruined | Private | NT 06319 03500 | Also the name of a nearby baronial house of 1849 |
| Auchenrivock Tower | L-plan tower house | Late 16th century | Ruined | Buccleuch Estate | NY 3721 8050 | |
| Auchenskeoch Castle | Z-plan tower house | 17th century | Ruined | | NX 91742 58873 | Only Z-plan tower in Galloway |
| Auchness Castle | | | | | NX 10674 44580 | |
| Baldoon Castle | Tower house | 17th century | Ruined | Private | Kirkinner NX 42514 53538 | |
| Balmangan Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | | NX 65021 45710 | |
| Barclosh Castle | Oblong plan tower house | Late 16th century | Ruined | Private | NX 85478 62474 | |
| Barholm Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Restored as a residence | Private | NX 52073 52959 | |
| Barjarg Tower | L-plan tower house | Late 16th century | Progressively restored since 18th century | | NX 87792 90049 | |
| Barscobe Castle | L-plan tower house | 1648 | Restored 1971 | Private | NX 65967 80640 | |
| Blackethouse Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | | NY 24338 74369 | |
| Blacklaw Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Forestry Commission | NT 0521 0673 | |
| Bonshaw Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Preserved | Private | NY 24256 72068 | |
| Boreland Tower | Tower House | Late 16th century | | | NY 0652 9574 | |
| Breckonside Tower | Pele tower | Late 16th or early 17th century | Ruined | | Near Moniaive NX 84057 88908 | |
| Breckonside Tower or Breconside | Oblong plan tower house | c. 1591 | Ruined | Abandoned 1980 | Near Moffat NT 10797 02191 | Much altered and converted to a farmhouse. |
| Brydekirk Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Private | NY 18696 71113 | Ruins form part of series of outbuildings at Brydekirk Mains farm |
| Buittle Castle | | 12th century | Ruined | | NX 81915 61628 | |
| Buittle Place | | 16th century | Restored | | NX 81817 61652 | |
| Caerlaverock Castle | Courtyard castle | 13th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | NY025656 | |
| Cardoness Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | NX589553 | |
| Carsluith Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | NX494542 | |
| Castle Clanyard | | | | | NX 10850 37428 | |
| Castle Kennedy | Tower house | 14th century | Ruined | Private | Near Stranraer NX110608 | In the grounds of Lochinch Castle, extensive gardens |
| Castle of Park | Tower house | 16th century | Restored as holiday accommodation | Historic Scotland | Near Glenluce NX188571 | Leased to Landmark Trust |
| Castle of St. John | Tower house | 16th century | Restored as a museum | Dumfries and Galloway Council | Stranraer NX060607 | |
| Castlemilk Tower | Tower house | 15th century | Demolished c. 1707 | | NY149776 | |
| Closeburn Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Still in use as a residence | Private | NX907921 | |
| Comlongon Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Restored as a hotel | Private | NY079690 | 19th century extensions |
| Cornal Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | | NT112044 | |
| Corra Castle, Kirkgunzeon | | | Only remains are those of 17th-century house | Private | NX867662 | |
| Corsewall Castle | | 15th century | Ruin | | Near Stranraer NW991714 | |
| Craigcaffie Castle | | c. 1570 | Repaired Ruin | | Innermessan NX088641 | Class A listed building |
| Crawfordton Tower | Trapezoid plan tower house | | Ruined | | NX816889 | |
| Cruggleton Castle | Motte and bailey | 12th century | Ruined | Private | In Wigtownshire NX483428 | |
| Cumstoun Castle | Oblong plan tower house | c. 1500 | Ruined | | NX682532 | |
| Dalswinton Tower | Z-plan tower house | Early 16th century | Ruined | | Dalswinton NX945840 | |
| Drumcoltran Tower | L-plan tower house | Late 16th century | Preserved | Historic Scotland | NX869682 | |
| Drumlanrig Castle | Renaissance house | 17th century | Still in use as a residence | Duke of Buccleuch | NX850992 | On the site of an earlier castle |
| Dumfries Castle | | 12th century | Ruined | | Dumfries | |
| Dundeugh Castle | L-plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Forestry Commission | NX601880 | |
| Dunskey Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Private | Portpatrick NX003533 | |
| Earlstoun Castle | L-plan tower house | 16th century | Decayed but roof maintained | Private | NX618441 | |
| Edingham Castle | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | | NX839628 | |
| Eliock House | Tower house | 16th century | Partly ruined | | NS797075 | Subsequent alterations, fire damaged in 1945. Category B listed building. |
| Elshieshields Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Restored | | NY069850 | |
| Fourmerkland Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 1590 | Preserved | | NX908808 | |
| Frenchland Tower | Oblong plan tower house | Late 16th or early 17th century | Ruined | | NT102054 | |
| Friar's Carse | Baronial mansion | 1873 | Occupied as a hotel | Private | NX125850 | On the site of a castle |
| Galdenoch Castle | | | | | Leswalt NW975633 | Scheduled monument. |
| Gillesbie Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | | NY172919 | |
| Gilnockie Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Restored as a residence | Private | NY382785 | Also known as Hollows Tower |
| Glenae Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | | NX984905 | Entrance reminiscent of bastle-house or pele-house |
| Hills Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Restored c. 1930 | | NX912726 | Retains barmkin and gatehouse |
| Hoddom Castle | Fortified enclosure containing L-plan tower house | 1565 | Preserved | | NY155729 | |
| Isle Tower or Lochar Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 1587 | Preserved | | NY149776 | |
| Isle of Whithorn Castle | Tower house | 1674 | Preserved as a residence | | | Isle of Whithorn Originally known as "The Isle" |
| Kenmure Castle | | 16th century | | | NX635764 | |
| Killaser Castle | | | | | NX 0964 4509 | |
| Kirkconnell Tower | Tower house | 15th century | Still in use as a residence | Private | NX979680 | |
| Kirkcudbright Castle | | 12th century | motte and bailey, site next to MacLellan's Castle | | | Greyfriar's Church built on the site |
| Lag Tower | Oblong plan tower house | | Ruined | | NX881862 | |
| Langholm Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | | NY361849 | |
| Lochar Tower | Rectangular plan tower house | 16th century | Ruined | | NY028690 | |
| Lochhouse Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Restored as a residence | Private | NT082033 | |
| Lochinch Castle | Baronial house | 1867 | Still in use as a residence | Private | Near Stranraer NX106618 | |
| Old Lochmaben Castle | Motte and bailey | 12th century | Earthworks only remain | | Lochmaben NY0820882206 | Possible birthplace of Robert the Bruce, 1274. Located at 2nd green and 3rd tee of Lochmaben Golf Course |
| Lochmaben Castle | Castle of enceinte | c. 1298 King Edward | Ruined | Historic Scotland | Lochmaben NY088811 | |
| Lochnaw Castle | Tower house | 16th century | | | Leswalt NW991628 | Large 17th century additions |
| Lochwood Castle | L-plan tower house | 15th century | Ruined | Private | NY084967 | Also known as Lochwood Tower |
| Lockerbie Tower | Oblong plan tower house | 16th century | Demolished 1967 | | NY136814 | Site cleared to make way for present police station |
| MacLellan's Castle | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | Kirkcudbright NX681510 | |
| Mellingshaw Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | | NT037088 | |
| Morton Castle | Courtyard castle | 15th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | NX890992 | Preceded by a 13th-century castle |
| Mouswald Tower | Oblong plan tower house | c. 1562 | Ruined | | NY062739 | |
| Myreton Castle | Tower House and later Great House | 16th century | Ruined | Private | ? | Built on an earlier Motte, Seat of the Myreton McCullochs; later sold to the Maxwells, located neat the white loch of Myreton |
| Newbie Castle | Tower house | 15th Century | Demolished 1816. Fragmentary remains | Private | NY17426469 | Held by the Corries, Johnstones and then the Marquises of Annandale. Newbie Harbour was close by |
| Orchardton Castle | Baronial Mansion | 18th Century | Residential | Private | Orchardton Bay | Built on top of earlier mansion. |
| Orchardton Tower | Tower house | 15th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | NX817550 | |
| Plunton Castle | Tower House | | Ruined | | | |
| Raecleugh Tower | Bastle house | | Ruined | | NT038118 | Farmhouse, Moffat |
| Repentance Tower | Tower house | 1565 | Preserved | Private | NY155722 | |
| Robgill Tower | Tower house | 12th century or earlier | | | NY248717 | |
| Rusko Castle | Tower house | | Restored | Private | | |
| Sanquhar Castle | Courtyard castle | 15th century | Ruined | Private | NS785092 | Partially restored in the 19th century |
| Sorbie Tower | Tower house | 16th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | Sorbie NX449470 | |
| Staplegorton Castle | Motte and Bailey | 12th century | No remains | | | |
| Threave Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Ruined | Historic Scotland | NX739623 | |
| Tibbers Castle or Mote de Tibris | Motte and bailey | 13th century | No remains | Private | NX862982 | The ruins lie within the estate of Drumlanrig Castle |
| Torthorwald Castle | Oblong plan tower house | 14th century | Ruined | Private | NY033782 | |
| Wauchope Castle | Motte and bailey / Tower house / Manse | 13th century | No remains | | | |
| Wigtown Castle | | 12th century | No remains | | | Wigtown |
| Wreaths Tower | tower house | before 16th century | ruins | | Mainsriddle, nr Southerness NX9529356522 | |