The Castle Guide – a selection of Scottish castles
Abbots Tower, privately occupied C16 tower of the Browns, abandoned C17 and restored C20
- Closest To: New Abbey, Dumfries
- No Access
- Grid Reference: NX973666
Abercorn Castle, a now vanished castle of the Douglases on a promontory overlooking the Forth, destroyed by the Crown 1455
- Closest To: Edinburgh, Queensferry, Bo'Ness, Linlithgow
- Public Access
- Grid Reference: NT083793
Aberdeen Castle, site of a vanished C13 royal castle destroyed 1308, and mid C17 fort now occupied by blocks of flats
- Closest To: Aberdeen
- n/a
- Grid Reference: NJ946064
Aberdour Castle, a ruined C15 tower and courtyard of the Douglases on site of ?C13 hall house of the Mortimers; abandoned C17.
- Closest To: Dunfermline, Dalgety Bay, Burntisland
- Historic Scotland
- Grid Reference: NT192855
Abergeldie Castle, a privately owned and occupied C16 tower of the Gordons overlooking the River Dee
- Closest To: Crathie,Braemar,Ballater
- Private
- Grid Reference: NO287952
Abertarff Castle, site of C12 earthwork castle of the Thirlestanes destroyed in MacWilliam rebellion 1228
- Closest To: Fort Augustus
- Public Access
- Grid Reference: NH3808
Aboyne Castle, a C17 tower house of the Gordons much extended C18-19 and abandoned to be restored in the 1980s.
- Closest To: Aboyne
- Private
- Grid Reference: NO526996
Alloa Tower, a large C14 tower house of the Erskine Earls of Mar; later extensions now demolished. National Trust for Scotland.
- Closest To: Alloa
- National Trust for Scotland
- Grid Reference: NS889925
Altyre Castle, C13 motte of the Comyns abandoned C15, adjacent to ruined C12/13 chapel; ?site of later tower house
- Closest To: Forres
- Public Access
- Grid Reference: NJ035553
Annan Castle, remains of a C12 earthwork castle of the Bruce Lords of Annandale eroded by river and destroyed C16
- Closest To: Annan
- Public Access
- Grid Reference: NY192668