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Category: ABOUT US
Subcategory: Associated Castles
public Record: Abbots Tower - Dumfries and Galloway
public Record: Ackergill Tower - Caithness
public Record: Aiket Castle - Ayrshire
public Record: Aikwood Tower - Selkirkshire
public Record: Arnot Tower - Fife
public Record: Auchanachie Castle - Aberdeenshire
public Record: Avochie Castle - Aberdeenshire
public Record: Balbithan House - Aberdeenshire
public Record: Balcomie Castle - Fife
public Record: Balgonie Castle - Fife
public Record: Ballone Castle - Ross and Cromarty
public Record: Baltersan - Ayrshire
public Record: Balvaird Castle - Perthshire
public Record: Barholm Castle - Kirkcudbrightshire
public Record: Barns Tower - Peeblesshire
public Record: Blackhall Manor - Renfrewshire
public Record: Blairlogie Castle - Stirlingshire
public Record: Bonshaw Tower - Dumfriesshire
public Record: Brackenhill Tower - Cumbria ( A Scottish Tower in England )
public Record: Brockloch Pele - Dumfriesshire
public Record: Carnousie Castle - Banffshire
public Record: Carriden House - Lothians
public Record: Castle Craig - Ross and Cromarty
public Record: Castle Levan - Renfrewshire
public Record: Castle Newe - Aberdeenshire
public Record: Castle of Fiddes - Aberdeenshire
public Record: Castle Stalker - Argyll
public Record: Colliston Castle - Angus
public Record: Conzie Castle - Aberdeenshire
public Record: Cowdenknowes House - Borders
public Record: Craigcaffie Tower - Galloway, Wigtonshire
public Record: Cramond Tower - Lothians
public Record: Crichton Castle - Lothians
public Record: Culcreuch Castle - Stirlingshire
public Record: Dairsie Castle - Fife
public Record: Drochil Castle - The Borders
public Record: Duchray Castle, Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire
public Record: Dundas Castle - Lothians
public Record: Dunderave Castle - Argyll
public Record: Earlshall Castle - Fife
public Record: Eilean Donan Castle - Inverness
public Record: Elcho Castle - Perthshire
public Record: Elliston Castle - Renfrewshire
public Record: Fa'side Castle - Lothians
public Record: Fairlie Castle - Ayrshire
public Record: Fenton Tower - Lothians
public Record: Fernie Castle - Fife
public Record: Frendraught Castle - Aberdeenshire
public Record: Garth Castle - Perthshire
public Record: Gilnockie Castle - Dumfriesshire
public Record: Glenbarr Abbey - Kintyre
public Record: Gleneagles Castle - Perthshire
public Record: Hatton Castle - Angus
public Record: Hillslap Tower - Borders
public Record: Hollows Tower - Dumfriesshire
public Record: House of Mergie - Aberdeenshire
public Record: Johnstone Castle - Renfrewshire
public Record: Killochan Castle - Ayrshire
public Record: Kilmartin Castle - Argyll
public Record: Law Castle - Ayrshire
public Record: Liberton House - Lothians
public Record: Lochhouse Tower - Dumfriesshire
public Record: Lordscairnie Castle - Fife
public Record: Lundin Tower - Fife
public Record: Mauchline Castle - Ayrshire
public Record: Melville Castle - Lothians
public Record: Muchalls Castle - Aberdeenshire
public Record: Murroes Castle - Tayside
public Record: Myrton Castle - Galloway
public Record: Neidpath Castle - Borders
public Record: Newmilns Tower
public Record: Niddry Castle - Lothians
public Record: Ochiltree Castle - West Lothian
public Record: Old Sauchie Tower House - Stirlingshire
public Record: Peffermill House - Lothians
public Record: Pitcullo Castle - Fife
public Record: Powrie Castle - Tayside
public Record: Rusko Castle - Galloway
public Record: Saint Monance Castle also know as Newark - Fife
public Record: Seton House - Lothians
public Record: Sinclair and Girnigoe Castles - Caithness
members only Record: Stair Tower House - Ayrshire
public Record: Stoneypath Tower - Lothians
public Record: Strathendry Castle - Fife
public Record: The Lee - Lanarkshire
public Record: Thirlestane Castle - Borders
public Record: Tillycairn Castle - Aberdeenshire
public Record: Westhall Tower House - Aberdeenshire
public Record: Wormiston House - Fife
Subcategory: Council Members
public Record: A Personal Tribute to Our Founder President - Nigel Tranter O.B.E 1909-2000
public Record: Former Scottish Castles Association chairman Robert Bogdan (2019-2023)
public Record: Our Chair – Dorothy Newlands of Lauriston (2024 – present)
public Record: Our Patron and former President (2000-2011), David Steel
public Record: Our President, Professor Richard Oram (May 2013 - present)
public Record: Scottish Castles Association Council Members
public Record: Scottish Castles Association Former President, the late Professor Charles McKean (2011-13)
public Record: Books which you may find informative
public Record: Twentieth Century Castles in Britain
Subcategory: Memorial Awards
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2001
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2002
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2003
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2004
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2005
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2006
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2007
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2008
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2009
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2011
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2013
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2014
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2016
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2023
public Record: The Nigel Tranter Memorial Award 2024
Subcategory: Our Vision
Category: EVENTS
Subcategory: Future Events
public Record: You are invited to our Members' Winter Dinner
Subcategory: Past Events
public Record: Members Day and Conference at Fingask Castle, Feb 2011
public Record: SCA April 2017 Castle Tour to Kirkcudbright
public Record: SCA Autumn 2015 Castle Tour to the Scottish Borders
public Record: SCA Autumn 2016 Castle Tour to Argyll
public Record: SCA Autumn 2017 Castle Tour to East Lothian
public Record: SCA Autumn Castle Tour to the Black Isle and Nairnshire – September 2024
public Record: SCA Castle Tour Of Annandale & Cumbria - Feb 2005
public Record: SCA Castle Tour of Lochaber, Morvern and Mull - Apr 2003
public Record: SCA Castle Tour Of The Edinburgh Area - June 2006
public Record: SCA Castle Tour Of The Elgin Area - Sept 2006
public Record: SCA Castle Tour Peeblesshire April 2018
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Aberdeenshire - Apr 2004
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Aberdeenshire - June 2000
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Aberdeenshire - Sept 1997
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Angus & Fife - Apr 1997
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Angus - Feb 2002
public Record: SCA Castle Tour to Angus and the Mearns - April 2019
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Argyll - Apr 2000
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Arran & Kintyre - June 2002
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Ayrshire - Feb 2008
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Ayrshire - Feb 2009
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Ayrshire - Sep 2001
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Berwickshire - Apr 2005
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Borders - Sept 2015
public Record: SCA Castle Tour to Caithness - Sept 2011
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Caithness and Orkney - June 1998 (FRIDAY)
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Caithness and Orkney - June 1998 (SATURDAY)
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Caithness and Orkney - June 1998 (Sunday)
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Cumbria and the Debatable Lands - Sep 2010
public Record: SCA Castle Tour to Deeside and Strathdon - September 2018
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Dumfries - Apr 1998
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To East Lothian - Feb 2006
public Record: SCA Castle Tour to Ellon - September 2013
public Record: SCA Castle Tour to Fife - Apr 2012
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Fife - Feb 2001
public Record: SCA Castle Tour to Fife - September 2023
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Helensburgh - Sep 2003
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Inverness - Apr 2001
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Inverurie - Sep 2007
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Kinross - Feb 2000
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Kintail & Skye - Sep 2004
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Kirkcudbright - Apr 2008
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Lanarkshire - Apr 2007
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Lanarkshire - Apr 2009
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Lothians & Stirling - June 2001
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Lothians - Apr 2007
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Perthshire - Apr 1999
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Perthshire - Sep 2008
public Record: SCA Castle Tour to Perthshire - September 2019
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Renfrewshire - Sep 2005
public Record: SCA Castle Tour to Roxburgh - April 2023
public Record: SCA Castle Tour to Speyside and Morayshire - April 2022
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Stirlingshire - Apr 2010
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Stirlingshire - Feb 2004
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Tain - Apr 2006
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To Tayside & Fife - June 1999
public Record: SCA Castle Tour to Tayside - April 2024
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To The Borders - Apr 2002
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To The Borders - Oct 1998
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To The Dunfermline Area - Feb 2003
public Record: SCA Castle Tour to the French Riviera - Oct 2012
public Record: SCA Castle Tour to the Isle of Man - June 2011
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To The Lothians - Feb 1999
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To The Lothians - June 1997
public Record: SCA Castle Tour to the River Forth - April 2014
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To The Scottish Borders - May 2011
public Record: SCA Castle Tour To The Stranraer Area - June 2003
public Record: SCA Castle Tour to Wigtownshire April 2013
public Record: SCA Castle Trip to Aberdeenshire - September 2012
public Record: SCA Heineken Tour of Edinburgh Castle - Nov 2007
public Record: SCA Members' Day to Ayrshire - Feb 2010
public Record: SCA Spring Tour - Castles of the River Clyde Estuary
public Record: SCA Trip to Gordon Country: Aberdeenshire/Banffshire - Sept 2009
Category: JOIN
Subcategory: Corporate Membership
Subcategory: Join Today
Subcategory: Why Join
Category: NEWS
Subcategory: News & Features
public Record: "A fair, well-built house" a.k.a Skelmorlie Castle in Ayr
public Record: 'Doune and gloom' for Gartincaber Tower
public Record: A 'new look' for Strathaven Castle
public Record: A Brief History of Arms and Armour
public Record: A broch has been discovered near the village of Dunning in Perth
public Record: A Castle Owner's Pilgrimage
public Record: A Castle, a Battle and a tale of the Second Sight
public Record: A future for Mingary and Tioram Castles?
public Record: A Knotty Mystery
public Record: A letter from our Chairman
public Record: A new President for SCA
public Record: A Tale of Two Castles - Dalquharran (old and new)
public Record: A tale of two castles - Mugdock and Craigend
public Record: A trio of treasures voted amongst the most innovative architecture in Scotland
public Record: Abergeldie Castle rescued from the brink
public Record: Achallader Castle - Argyll's forgotten tower?
public Record: Almond Castle - running out of time
public Record: Ancient archway repair work begins
public Record: Ancient Graffiti in Mingary Castle
public Record: Archaeologists uncover medieval defences in grounds of historic castle
public Record: Ardrossan Castle to be turned into a tourist attraction!
public Record: Ardrossan Castle, Ayrshire
public Record: Asgog Castle's fight for survival
public Record: Auchans Castle, Ayrshire
public Record: Award of the Scottish Castles Association Charles McKean Memorial Prize for Architecture 2016
public Record: Baltersan by James Brown
public Record: Baltersan Castle restoration plans announced
public Record: Baltersan Points The Way
public Record: Bedrule Castle to give up its secrets
public Record: Blackhall Manor - Its History and Restoration
public Record: Book co-authored by the late Charles McKean named as Saltire Book of the Year
public Record: Bothwell Castle - The Gatehouse
public Record: Bothwell Castle Donjon
public Record: Bothwell Castle Reconsidered
public Record: Braemar Castle gets makeover
public Record: Bringing Barholm Castle back to life
public Record: Buildings get Historic Scotland grants to fund repairs
public Record: Buittle - Castle of the Balliols
public Record: Buy Your Own Scottish Castle - in America
public Record: Caisteal na Nighinn Ruaidhe - (The Castle of the Red Haired Maiden)
public Record: Cambuskenneth - a Bell Tower which became a Tower House
public Record: Can you identify these sites and their mysterious marks?
public Record: Carnbane Castle - By Stuart Morris of Balgonie
public Record: Cash award for Dean Castle
public Record: Castle Cluggy - an update
public Record: Castle Craig to be saved
public Record: Castle creepy crawlies saved
public Record: Castle Grant and Ackergill Tower News
public Record: Castle Photographic Album from 1867 - taken by Fife Photographer John Patrick
public Record: Castle Photographs - a peep at Social History
public Record: Castle Roy and the Battle of Cromdale 1690
public Record: Castle Toward community ownership plans halted
public Record: Castle Varrich in the money!
public Record: Castle Warfare Part I: Whitton Tower and Cessford Castle
public Record: Castle Warfare Part II: Slaughter at Ferniehirst Castle
public Record: Castle Warfare Part III: Death at Innerwick - Life at Thornton 1547*
public Record: Castle Warfare Part IV: The English attack on Edinburgh 1544
public Record: Castle Warfare Part V: The English capture of Lochwood Tower 1547
public Record: Castle Warfare Part VI: The English capitulate at Broughty Castle 1550
public Record: Castle Warfare Part VII: The English capture Hume Castle in 1547 and are then caught napping!
public Record: Castle Warfare Part VIII: Despair at Ruthven 1746
public Record: Castle which inspired Outlander's Castle Leoch gets funding boost
public Record: Castles of France - Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg, Alsace
public Record: Castles of France - Château Provins le-de-France - La Tour César*
public Record: Castles of France - Château Vincennes Paris
public Record: Castles of France - Montségur
public Record: Castles of France - The Fortified Abbey of Lérrins
public Record: Castles of the Cathars - Chateau Queribus, Part III
public Record: Castles of the Cathars - Châteaux de Lastours, Part I
public Record: Castles of the Cathars - Puilaurens, Part II
public Record: Ceremonial Sword and Scabbard Owned by the Sempills of Elliestoun
public Record: Château de Rouen, Normandy
public Record: Clan Lachlan's bid to preserve their ancestral home
public Record: Claypotts Castle - an insider's view
public Record: Collapse at Cockburnspath
public Record: Conservation of Torwoodlee Tower to start imminently
public Record: Conservation work for Barra's Kisimul Castle
public Record: Cowdenknowes - a house with a history
public Record: Craigie Castle's Hidden Secret
public Record: Cramond Tower - A Derelict Property - Rescued, Restored and Reoccupied
public Record: Crookston - Glasgow's only surviving medieval castle
public Record: Crossbasket Castle given a £9million kiss of life
public Record: Cruggleton Castle - Brian McGarrigle
public Record: Depictions of early sieges at Foix Castle and Jerusalem
public Record: Doune Castle - location for 'Outlander'
public Record: Doune Castle playing a starring role in Outlander
public Record: Drochil Castle - A Regent's Folly
public Record: Drone's-eye view of Baltersan Castle
public Record: Drum Castle, Free of Scaffolding
public Record: Dryburgh Abbey - a Mecca for English attacks
public Record: Dudhope Castle's future in doubt as potential purchase falls through
public Record: Dumbarton Castle as a tourist destination?
public Record: Dunnollie Castle to be closed
public Record: Dunnottar Castle to close whilst Kinneff Manse is for sale
public Record: Dunnottar to become the Eighth Wonder of the World?
public Record: Dunyvaig - a castle about to reveal its hidden secrets?
public Record: Edinburgh Castle Royal Birthing Room Reopened to Public
public Record: Edinburgh Castle voted top UK tourist attraction
public Record: Eilean Donan Castle to star in Black Angel 2
public Record: Eilean Donan Recaptured
public Record: Ellon Castle set for a face lift
public Record: Eyemouth Fort comes back to life
public Record: Fa'side Castle - by Sue Brash
public Record: Faces from the past - a snapshot of those who worked and played in Scottish castles
public Record: Fairburn Tower restoration plans announced
public Record: Fire at Ackergill Tower near Wick treated as suspicious
public Record: Fyvie Castle fear of dramatic collapse to be averted
public Record: Ground Source Heating - A Personal View
public Record: Harlawhill House awarded grant of £12,000 for urgent repairs
public Record: Heraldic Arms of Archibald The Grim
public Record: Heritage award for Edinburgh Castle
public Record: Historic battle sites given recognition
public Record: Historic buildings to receive revamp
public Record: History lessons revealed by west highland grave slabs
public Record: History of Bonnefont Castle (aka, Château de Saint-Just-Le-Martel)
public Record: Holyrood Palace - The Great Tower of James V
public Record: Hope for Blairfindy Castle?
public Record: How old is the Old Man of Wick?
public Record: Hunterston Castle - Small but Perfectly-formed
public Record: Inchdrewer Castle bought by Russian model
public Record: Invermark Castle - a refuge for an owner with a dark secret
public Record: Inverness Castle - The Jewel in the City's Crown?
public Record: Is there hope for Burgie Castle?
public Record: Jennifer Merredew and a recent client on creating a Scottish Painted Ceiling
public Record: John Clerk of Eldin (1728 - 1812) Exhibition
public Record: Killernie Castle demolished over 'safety concerns'
public Record: Kilmahew Castle thrown a lifeline
public Record: Kilmaurs Place, East Ayrshire
public Record: Knock Castle - original 17th-century treasure available to let soon
public Record: Largo and its famous sons
public Record: Laying foundations for new lease of life at ancient castle
public Record: Leith Hall to Reopen
public Record: Les Châteaux d'Alsace - where eagles dare!
public Record: Lickleyhead Castle has been repossessed
public Record: Linlithgow Palace considered for re-roofing
public Record: Linlithgow Palace is Newgate Prison
public Record: Loch an Eilein Castle - Inverness
public Record: Loch Awe's castle secrets unlocked
public Record: Loch Doon - the island castle that moved to the mainland
public Record: Lochore Castle and Eyemouth Fort Secured
public Record: Lochore Castle Revealed
public Record: Lost in the post - Granton Castle
public Record: Loudoun Castle to be given a new lease of life
public Record: Marqab - The greatest tower in the Holy Land
public Record: Mary Queen of Scots - the Castles of her Escape
public Record: Masons' Marks Project
public Record: Maybole Castle, Ayr, receives a cash boost
public Record: Medieval Lavers in Scottish Tower Houses
public Record: Mingary Castle in line for preservation cash boost
public Record: Mingary Castle to be restored
public Record: Mottes - Scotland’s earliest type of castle
public Record: Mystery objects - can you identify them?
public Record: National Trust of Scotland may buy Ailsa Craig with US help
public Record: Nether Horsburgh Castle
public Record: New Dating Sequence for Dunstaffnage Castle
public Record: New Gates for Duart Castle
public Record: New Walk planned for Spynie Palace
public Record: North-east castles set to benefit after National Trust Ball raises over £500,000
public Record: Old Bleary's grand design - Dundonald Castle
public Record: Outlander - the castles that inspired the series
public Record: Paul Mowbray - Artist, Designer and Wood Craftsman
public Record: Perth granted £650,000 to restore its historic buildings
public Record: Pilmuir House - a 'delightful example' of a laird's house
public Record: Piteadie Castle for sale - a restoration opportunity
public Record: Place of Kelly comes to light
public Record: Planning permission granted for Nunraw Tower
public Record: Plans lodged to give Gilbertfield Tower a future
public Record: Portencross Castle - Weathering the Storms
public Record: Preserve Rait Castle!
public Record: Provan Hall to gain from £4.5m lottery fund
public Record: Rachel Stuart describes how she was captured by an Italian prisoner
public Record: Rebellion, royalty and romance at Duchal Castle
public Record: Red Castle - beware a woman scorned
public Record: Redcastle still on Buildings at Risk Register
public Record: Rowallan Castle to beat red tape and be restored
public Record: Rowallan Castle to become a hotel
public Record: Royal Commission survey of 13th century Comyn castles
public Record: SCA Castle Trip to North Wales much enjoyed
public Record: SCA member Alastair Maxwell-Irving publishes his second book on The Border Towers of Scotland
public Record: SCA mourns the death of Charles McKean FRSE
public Record: Scotland's best (and least) loved castles announced
public Record: Scotland's first lockdown in 1350
public Record: Scotland's Gaff Drawbridges - and their French counterparts
public Record: Scotland's Island Castles
public Record: Scotland's largest map at Black Barony Castle
public Record: Scotland's Ports - Wishart's Gate
public Record: Scots pensioner launches campaign to save Slains Castle
public Record: Scottish battlefields: Inventory recognises 39 historic sites
members only Record: Scottish Castle - Made in China
public Record: Scottish Government Grants for 16 Historic Buildings
public Record: Seafield Tower Collapse
public Record: Secrets of Scotland's lost gardens
public Record: Sir James Hamilton of Finnart – Master of the King’s Works
public Record: Something old, something new - Rowallan Castles are a beautiful union of Scottish castle styles
public Record: Sorbie Tower, Wigtown - Consolidation or Restoration?
public Record: Spring Outing to Castles a Great Success!
public Record: Stirling Castle - A Most Amazing Experience!
public Record: Stirling Castle - a peek inside the restored Hall and Palace
public Record: Stirling Castle towers over London
public Record: Stirling Castle's door and its mysterious grooves
public Record: Strathaven in receipt of Historic Scotland grant
public Record: Take it as red, Mons Meg had a paint job
public Record: Talking a lot of Boles
public Record: Tarbert Castle renovation work complete
public Record: Tarbert Castle to be reopened to the public
public Record: Tertowie House destroyed by fire
public Record: The 'Great Garden' - a trip to the Island of Lismore
public Record: The Attack on Wee Cumbrae Castle 1599
public Record: The Bass of Inverurie recreated by Bob Marshall
public Record: The beacons watching over the Border and Borderlands of Scotland
public Record: The Bishop's Palace and Partick Castle rediscovered in Glasgow
public Record: The Bishop's Palace, Glasgow
public Record: The Building of Craigietocher Tower - Chapter 1
public Record: The Building of Craigietocher Tower - Chapter 2
public Record: The Building of Craigietocher Tower - Chapter 3
public Record: The Castle Studies Trust awards grant for Tibbers Castle
public Record: The consolidation conundrum
public Record: The Destruction of Chateau de Coucy in 1917
public Record: The Destruction of Herbertshire Castle
public Record: The English attack Kelso Abbey 1545
public Record: The fireplace of Castlemilk House
public Record: The Forts of Oman - By Alastair Bain
public Record: The four phases of Ardrossan Castle
public Record: The Hidden Chamber of Drum Castle
public Record: The Historic Environment Strategy for Scotland
public Record: The history of Tibbers Castle may have to be rewritten
public Record: The hunt for King James I's lost royal tomb begins
public Record: The lost tomb of Robert the Bruce
public Record: The Mysterious Peel of Lochwinnoch
public Record: The Mystery of Rhymer's Tower
public Record: The National Trust takes ownership of Alloa Tower
public Record: The Place of Kilbirnie
public Record: The Poor Man's Tower - the Bastle
public Record: The SCA take a look at Dowhill Castle
public Record: The Scottish Flag Heritage Centre
public Record: The Scottish Manor House
public Record: The Siege of Abercorn Castle 1455 - part II
public Record: The Siege of Hatton Castle 1453 - part I
public Record: The Siege of Roxburgh Castle 1460 - part IV
public Record: The Siege of Threave Castle 1455 - part III
public Record: The Spanish Paradores Proposal - castles into hotels?
public Record: The tale of Bedrule Castle, Roxburghshire
public Record: The Tomb of Sir William Borthwick
public Record: The Towers of Rule project
public Record: The triumph of the thistle
public Record: The Ubiquitous Sentinel House
public Record: The Wellhouse Tower by Edinburgh Castle
public Record: Tibbers Castle (Dumfries)
public Record: Touring a trio of islands - Kerrera, Lismore and Iona
public Record: Tower House or Engine House? Inside Rais and Stonelaw Towers...
public Record: Tower Houses in the Scottish Borders.
public Record: Tower Studies, 1 & 2 - exclusive members offer
public Record: Two castles with very different futures
public Record: Unlocking the door to castle defences
public Record: Ury House undergoing restoration as part of a £80million development
public Record: Vanessa Harryhausen... I presume
public Record: Wallace's Tower (aka Benholm's Lodging) - Finding a use at last?
public Record: War Damaged Buildings Part 1
public Record: War Damaged Buildings Part 2
public Record: What a difference a year makes... to Mingary Castle
public Record: Whatever happened to Bothwell Castle?
public Record: Whatever happened to the Scottish Hall House?
public Record: Yester Castle and Trial by Combat
public Record: £2million funding should restore ailing Cowane's Hospital in Stirling to full health
Subcategory: Past & Present
public Record: Ailsa Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
public Record: Aldbar Castle (Angus) Past & Lost
public Record: Alloa Tower (Clackmannanshire) - Past and Present
public Record: Almond Castle (Stirlingshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Amisfield Tower (Dumfries) - Past & Present
public Record: Ardencaple Castle (Dumbarton) - Past and Present
public Record: Ardmillan Castle (Ayr) Past & Lost
public Record: Ardvreck Castle (Sutherland) Past & Present
public Record: Auchans Castle (Ayr) - Past & Present
public Record: Ballinbreich Castle (Fife) Past & Present
public Record: Ballone Castle (Ross-shire) - Past & Present
public Record: Balmangan Tower (Kirkcudbright) - Past and Present
public Record: Baltersan Castle (Ayr) - Past & Present
public Record: Balthayock Castle (Perth) Past & Present
public Record: Balvenie Castle (Moray) Past & Present
public Record: Barcaldine Castle (Argyll) - Past & Present
public Record: Barochan House (Renfrew) - Past and Lost
public Record: Barr Castle (Renfrew) Past & Present
public Record: Bavelaw Castle (Midlothian) - Past and Present
public Record: Benholm Tower (Kincardine) Past & Present
public Record: Birse Castle (Aberdeenshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Black Castle (Perthshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Blackness Castle (Lothian) - Past and Present
public Record: Blairquhan Castle (Ayr) - Past and Present
public Record: Boghall Castle (Lanarkshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Borthwick Castle (Lothian) Past & Present
public Record: Bothwell Castle (Lothian) Past & Lost
public Record: Boyne Castle (Banff) - Past & Present
public Record: Braemar Castle (Aberdeen) Past & Present
public Record: Broughty Castle (Dundee) - Past and Present
public Record: Buckholm Tower Part 1 (Roxburgh) Past & Present
public Record: Buckholm Tower Part 2 (Roxburgh) Past & Present
public Record: Busbie Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
public Record: Caldwell Tower (Renfrew) Past & Present
public Record: Carberry Tower (Lothian) - Past and Present
public Record: Carnock House (Airth, Stirling) - Past & Present
public Record: Carnousie Castle (Banffshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Carnwath Motte (Lanark) - Past & Present
public Record: Carrick Castle (Argyll) - Past & Present
public Record: Carsluith Tower (Kirkcudbright) Past & Present
public Record: Cassencarie House (Kirkcudbright) Past & Present
public Record: Castle of Park (Wigtown) Past & Present
public Record: Castle Stewart (Wigtownshire) - Past and Present
public Record: Castlemilk Castle (Lanarkshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Castlewigg (Wigtown) Past & Present
public Record: Cathcart Castle (Glasgow) Past & Present
public Record: Cavers House (Roxburgh) Past & Present
public Record: Cessford Castle (Roxburgh) Past & Present
public Record: Clackmanan Tower (Clackmanan) Past & Present
public Record: Cockburnspath House (Berwick) - Past & Present
public Record: Cockburnspath Tower (Berwick) - Past & Present
public Record: Corgarff Castle (Aberdeenshire) Past & Present
public Record: Craighall Castle (Fife) Past & Lost
public Record: Craighlaw Castle (Wigtown) Past & Present
public Record: Craigie Castle (Ayrshire) Past & Present
public Record: Craufurdland Castle (Ayr) - Past and Present
public Record: Crookston Castle (Renfrew) Past & Present
public Record: Crosbie Tower (Ayrshire) - Past and Present
public Record: Cruggleton Castle (Wigtown) - Past & Present
public Record: Dairsie Castle (Fife) - Past & Present
public Record: Dalhousie Castle (Midlothian) - Past and Present
public Record: Donnington Castle (Berkshire) - Past and Present
public Record: Drumcoltran Tower (Kirkcudbright) - Past and present
public Record: Dryhope Tower (Selkirk) - Past and Present
public Record: Dryhope Tower (Selkirk) Past & Present
public Record: Dun Troddan (Inverness) Past & Present
public Record: Dundonald Castle (Ayrshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Dunskey Castle (Wigtown) Past & Present
public Record: Duntrune Castle (Argyllshire) - Past and Present
public Record: Dunure Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
public Record: Earlstoun Castle (Kirkcudbright) - Past & Present
public Record: Eastshield (Lanark) - Past & Present
public Record: Edinample Castle (Perth) Past & Present
public Record: Eilean Donan (Wester Ross) - Past & Present
public Record: Eliock House (Dumfries) - Past & Present
public Record: Elphinstone Tower (Gorbals) Past & Lost
public Record: Fa'side Castle (East Lothian) - Past & Present
public Record: Fairburn Tower (Ross) Past and Present
public Record: Fenton Tower - (East Lothian) - Past & Present
public Record: Fingask Castle (Perth) Past and Present
public Record: Finlarig Castle (Perth) Past & Present
public Record: Forter Castle (Angus) - Past & Present
public Record: French Castles - Past and Present
public Record: Frenchland Tower (Dumfries) - Past and Present
public Record: Gargunnock House (Stirling) - Past and Present
public Record: Gight Castle (Aberdeen) Past & Present
public Record: Gilbertfield Tower (Lanark) - Past & Present
public Record: Gilkerscleuch (Lanark) Past & Present
public Record: Gilston Peel (Lothian) Past & Present
public Record: Glamis Castle (Angus) - Past and Present
public Record: Hallyards Castle (West Lothian) - Past & Present
public Record: Hatton Castle (Angus) - Past & Present
public Record: Herbertshire Castle (Stirling) Past & Lost
public Record: Hillslap Tower (Roxburgh) Past & Present
public Record: Hoddom Castle (Dumfries) - Past & Present
public Record: Horsburgh Castle (Peebles) - Past and Present
public Record: Inverquharity Castle (Angus) Past & Present
public Record: Inverugie Castle (Aberdeenshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Isle Tower (Wigtown) - Past and Present
public Record: Jerviston Tower (Lanark) Past & Lost
public Record: Kelburn Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
public Record: Kenmure Castle (Kirkcudbright) Past & Present
public Record: Kildonan Castle (Arran) - Past and Present
public Record: Kilhenzie Castle (Ayr) - Past and Present
public Record: Kilmartin Castle (Argyll) Past & Present
public Record: Kirkhill Castle (Ayr) - Past & Present
public Record: Knock Castle (Aberdeenshire) - Past and Present
public Record: Knockhall Castle (Aberdeenshire) - Past and Present
public Record: Langshaw Tower (Roxburghshire) - Past and Present
public Record: Law Castle (Ayrshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Law Castle (West Kilbride) - Past and Present
public Record: Lincluden College (Dumfries) - Past & Present
public Record: Littledean Tower (Roxburghshire) - Past and Present
public Record: Lochhouse Tower (Dumfries) Past & Present
public Record: Lochmaben Castle (Dumfries) - Past and Present
public Record: Lochnaw Castle (Wigtown) Past & Present
public Record: Loudoun Castle (Ayr) - Past & Present
public Record: Macduff's Castle (Fife) Past & Present
public Record: Mains Castle (East Kilbride) Past & Present
public Record: Mar's Work (Stirling) Past & Present
public Record: Merchiston Castle (Edinburgh) - Past and Present
public Record: Monklands House (Lanark) Past & Lost
public Record: Morton's Gate (Edinburgh Castle) - Past and Present
public Record: Murieston Castle (West Lothian) - Past & Present
public Record: Newark Castle (Ayr) - Past and Present
public Record: Newark Castle (Fife) Past & Present
public Record: Newbyres Castle (Mid-Lothian) - Past & Present
public Record: Niddrie House (Lothian) Past & Lost
public Record: Niddry Castle (Lothian) - Past and Present
public Record: Ochiltree House (Ayr) Past & Lost
public Record: Old Sauchie (Stirling) Past & Present
public Record: Old Tulliallan Castle (Fife) - Past and Present
public Record: Orchardton Tower (Kirkcudbright) - Past & Present
public Record: Pinkie House (Lothian) - Past and Present
public Record: Pitfichie Castle (Aberdeen) - Past & Present
public Record: Place of Kilbirnie (Ayrshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Plunton Castle (Kirkcudbright) Past & Present
public Record: Portencross Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
public Record: Preston Tower (Lothian) - Past and Present
public Record: Queen Mary's House (Jedburgh) - Past and Present
public Record: Rais Tower (Renfrewshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Ravenscraig Castle (Fife) Past & Present
public Record: Ravenstone Castle (Wigtown) Past & Present
public Record: Redcastle (Ross) Past & Present
public Record: Riddell House (Roxburgh) - Past and Present
public Record: Rossend Castle (Fife) - Past and Present
public Record: Royston Castle (Edinburgh) - Past & Present
public Record: Saltcoats Castle (Lothian) - Past and Present
public Record: Sanquhar Castle (Dumfries) - Past and Present
public Record: Sauchie Tower (Clackmannan) Past & Present
public Record: Sorbie Tower (Wigtown) - Past & Present
public Record: Sorn Castle (Ayrshire) - Past and Present
public Record: Spedlins Tower (Dumfries) - Past & Present
public Record: Spynie Palace (Moray) Past & Present
public Record: St John's Tower (Wigtown) Past & Present
public Record: Stalker Castle (Argyll) - Past and Present
public Record: Stenhouse (Stirling) Past & Lost
public Record: Stirling Castle Great Hall - Past & Present
public Record: Stonebyres Castle (Lanarkshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Stonelaw Tower (Lanarkshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Stoneypath Tower (East Lothian) Past & Present
public Record: Strathaven Castle (Lanarkshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Tarbert Castle (Argyll) - Past & Present
public Record: Terpersie Castle (Aberdeenshire) - Past & Present
public Record: The Old College (Glasgow) - Past and Present
public Record: Thomaston Castle (Ayr) Past & Present
public Record: Timpendean Tower (Roxburgh) - Past & Present
public Record: Tinnis Castle (Peebles) Past & Present
public Record: Torthornwald Castle (Dumfries) - Past & Present
public Record: Torwood Castle (Stirling) Past & Present
public Record: Torwoodlee Tower (Selkirk) - Past and Present
public Record: Towie Barclay (Aberdeenshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Towie Castle (Aberdeen) Past & Lost
public Record: Wallace's House (Renfrewshire) - Past & Present
public Record: Wallace's Tower (Aberdeen) - Past & Present
public Record: Waygateshaw (Lanark) - Past and present
Category: THE VAULT
Subcategory: Castle Photo Archive
Subcategory: Castle Postcards
Subcategory: Castle Sketches
Subcategory: Historic Venues
Subcategory: Members Only
members only Record: The SCA Newsletter, The Journal, is available to all our members to download
Subcategory: Other Websites
public Record: Building Conservation
public Record: Buildings at Risk Register (Scotland)
public Record: Canmore is Scotland's online catalogue of buildings, archaeology and more
public Record: Historic Environment Repair Grants
public Record: Historic Environment Scotland
public Record: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
public Record: The National Trust for Scotland
Subcategory: Skills & Trades
(Lists and Galleries)
List: Wedding Venues +
List: Skills Register +
List: Historic Venues +
Gallery: Castle Photo Archive

Gallery: Old Castle Postcards

An exclusive collection of historical postcards, of around the year 1900, collected by SCA member Brian McGarrigle

Gallery: Castle Art Sketches

John Buchanan-Smith castle drawings featuring his own unique sketch representation of various Scottish Castles after visiting them with the SCA.

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