List of oldest buildings in Scotland

Columns: Building | Location | Council area | Year Built | Use | Notes
Mauchline Castle | Mauchline | East Ayrshire | 1450 | Former grange | Built by Andrew Hunter , abbot of Melrose Abbey | Bardowie Castle | Bardowie , between Bearsden , Milngavie , and Torrance | East Dunbartonshire | 1566 | Castle | 16th-century tower with later additions | Dirleton Castle | Dirleton | East Lothian | 1240 | Castle | The de Vaux towers are the oldest extant structures | Mearns Castle | Newton Mearns | East Renfrewshire | Post 1449 | Tower house | Restored and now used by a local church | St Margaret 's Chapel | Edinburgh Castle | City of Edinburgh | 1130 | Chapel | The oldest building in Edinburgh | Tappoch Broch | Torwood | Falkirk | 3rd century | Broch | Likely post dates Roman occupation of nearby Antonine Wall | St Rule 's Tower | St Andrews | Fife | 1123 | Priory | Constructed by the Culdees prior to the granting of the church to the Augustinian order

Example questions:
What is the building in Scotland in the glen of the Black Burn founded by Alexander II ? | What is the name of the building in Scotland in the council area that includes the towns of Dalkeith , Bonnyrigg and Penicuik ? | What is the year built for the building in Scotland whose ruins indicate that the building was approximately 119 m ( 390 ft ) long ? | What is the council area that includes two neolithic piles of stone built in Scotland in the Orkney-Cromarty type ?

Answers:
Elgin | Crichton Castle | 1123 | Highland