Clan Douglas Castles

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Douglas Castles

Castles in Scotland associated with Clan Douglas.

• Aberdour Castle, Fife, held by the Earls of Morton (partially preserved).
• Balvenie Castle, Moray, held by James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas (ruined).
• Berwick Castle, Northumberland. Governed by William "le Hardi".(ruined, now forms part of Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station)
• Bonkyll Castle, Berwickshire
• Bothwell Castle, South Lanarkshire (ruins).
• Bowhill House, Selkirkshire. Home of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry (preserved).
• Cranshaws Castle
• Dalkeith Castle, Mid-Lothian. (heavily converted)
• Douglas Castle in South Lanarkshire (now only minimal ruins remain).
• Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries and Galloway. 17th century mansion house of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry (preserved).
• Grangemuir House, Fife
• Hawthornden Castle, Mid-Lothian
• Hermitage Castle, Roxburghshire, 13th century Douglas stronghold (restored ruin).
• Hume Castle, Berwickshire. ancient links with Douglas, home of Sir Alexander Douglas.
• Kilspindie Castle, East Lothian. Home to the Douglases of Kilspindie, (scant ruins)
• Lennoxlove House, East Lothian. Home of the Duke of Hamilton, (also the Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale, Earl of Angus etc.) (preserved).
• Loch Leven Castle, Kinross. First home of the Earl of Morton (ruins).
• Lochindorb Castle, Strathspey
• Morton Castle, Nithsdale, Dumfries and Galloway. ruined former home of the Douglas Earls of Morton.
• Newark Castle, Selkirkshire
• Neidpath Castle, Peeblesshire
• Ormond Castle, Black Isle
• Roxburgh Castle, captured by Sir James Douglas.
• Sandilands Castle, Fife (ruins).
• Strathaven Castle, South Lanarkshire
• Strathendry Castle, Fife
• Tantallon Castle, East Lothian. Stronghold of the Red Douglases (partially ruined).
• Threave Castle, Dumfries and Galloway (ruins).
• Timpendean Tower, Roxburghshire (ruins).
• Whittingehame Tower, East Lothian