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
Airthrey CastleBaronial house1790sOccupiedStirling UniversityStirling
NS812967
University campus established in the grounds in the 1960s
Ballikinrain CastleBaronial house1868OccupiedChurch of ScotlandKillearn
NS563872
Independent residential school
Buchanan CastleBaronial house1854RuinDrymen
NS461886
De-roofed in the 1950s
Craigend CastleBaronial houseRuinMugdock Country Park
Culcreuch CastleTower house1296OccupiedPrivateFintry
NS620786
In use as a hotel
Doune CastleCourtyard castle14th centuryPreservedHistoric ScotlandDoune
NN7284701062
Open to the public
Edinample CastleTower house16th centuryOccupied as a residencePrivateBalquhidder
NN601226
Restored in the 1980s
Mugdock CastleCourtyard castle14th centuryRuinStirling CouncilMugdock Country Park
NS5501077167
Plean CastleTower houseRestoredPrivatePleanAlso known as Plane castle, Menzies Castle, etc.
Stirling CastleHistoric ScotlandStirling
NS789940

See also

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
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