Scottish Castles and Fortifications

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Features over 100 of Scotland's castles and details why they were build, how their defences worked and the battles, plotting and treachery which took place in and around them. Cover Contents Introduction Timeline of key events and castle development Key people timeline Castle locations The first fortresses Dumbarton Rock The Bass of Inverurie Castle Duffus Castle Sween Rothesay Castle Aberdour Castle Castles of the Golden Age 1150-1300 Drum Castle Balvenie Castle Kildrummy Castle Bothwell Castle Caerlaverock Castle Dirleton Castle Hailes Castle Loch Doon Castle Castle Tioram Duart Castle Dunstaffnage Castle Skipness Castle Brodick Castle Keeping the kingdom 1300-1450 Eilean Donan Castle Mingary Castle Clackmann Tower Hermitage Castle Strathaven Castle (Avondale Castle) Dundonald Castle Cawdor Castle Crookston Castle Kilchurn Castle Kisimul Castle Orchardton Tower Doune Castle Chrichton Castle Tantallon Castle Castle Campbell (Castle Gloom) St Andrews Castle The coming of cannon 1450-1550 Borthwick Castle Castle Stalker Craigmillar Castle Threave Castle Dean Castle Drummond Castle Dunbar Castle Newark Castle (Port Glasgow) Ravenscraig Castle Craignethan Castle Broughty Castle Blackness Castle Smailholm Tower Cardoness Castle Spynie Palace Scotstarvit Tower Balvaird Castle Royal strongholds Stirling Castle Edinburgh Castle Falkland Palace Linlithgow Palace Castle Urquhart Lochleven Castle Dunnottar Castle Fort George Ruthven Barracks Towers of power 1550-1650 Neidpath Castle Alloa Tower Huntingtower Castle (Ruthven Castle) Preston Tower Stranraer Castle (The Castle of St John) Corgarff Castle Edzell Castle Aikwood Tower Castle Menzies Noltland Castle Brodie Castle Carnasserie Castle Claypotts Castle Kellie Castle Elcho Castle Greenknowe Tower Barcaldine Castle MacLellan’s Castle Muness Castle Scalloway Castle Braemar Castle Tolquhon Castle Lords of the Landscape 1600-1700 Crathes Castle Huntly Castle (Strathbogie Castle) Castle Fraser Glenbuchat Castle Craigievar Castle Fyvie Castle Ballindalloch Castle Lennoxlove Castle (Lethington Castle) Scone Palace Leslie Castle Palaces of Prosperity 1700-1900 Blair Castle Thirlestane Castle (Lauder Fort) Drumlanrig Castle Floors Castle Inverary Castle Dunvegan Castle Glamis Castle Culzean Castle Dunrobin Castle Balmoral Castle Glossary Index