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Fortified habitations built and occupied during medieval times within Scotland.

Resources in This Category

• Blair Castle, Scotland

  http://www.blair-castle.co.uk/
  The official site does justice to the picturesque part-medieval, part-Victorian home of the Dukes of Atholl. A readable history is illustrated with beautiful photographs and 19th-century paintings. Visitor information.

• Campbell Castles

  http://www.ccsna.org/castles/index.html
  The Clan Campbell Society (North America) provides photographs, histories, descriptions and visitor information on the Scottish castles associated with the clan.

• Castle of Mey

  http://www.castleofmey.org.uk/
  The former holiday home of the late Queen Mother is the most northerly castle on the British mainland. Includes a brief history, images and visitor information.

• Castles of Perthshire

  http://www.perthshire-scotland.co.uk/about2.htm
  Scottish Castles in Perthshire. Details for Blair, Doune, Castle Menzies, Huntingtower, Edinample, Drummond, Loch Earn and Methven.

• Cawdor Castle

  http://www.cawdorcastle.com/
  Official site for this medieval and 17th-century castle in Nairn, Scotland, home of the Cawdor family. History, online tour via sensitive plan, description of the gardens. Visitor information.

• Historic Drumlanrig Castle and The Queensberry Estate Scotland

  http://www.drumlanrigcastle.co.uk/
  Drumlanrig, Historic Scottish castle & visitor attraction in Dumfries & Galloway, former Douglas stronghold & home to the Duke of Buccleuch KBE.

• Inveraray Castle

  http://www.inveraray-castle.com/
  Inveraray Castle, a magnificent Scottish castle and ancestral home of the Duke of Argyll provides a unique Scottish visitor experience.

• Scottish Castles, Stately Homes and Houses

  http://www.dlc.fi/~hurmari/scotcastles.html
  Sensitive map and list with brief details and expandable thumbnail photographs by Risto Hurmalainen, with links to official sites.

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