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Cardoness Castle

Scotland · 15th century

Founded
c. 1450
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Location
Dumfries and Galloway
Coordinates
54.8723°, -4.198°
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Cardoness Castle in Scotland
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Description

Cardoness Castle is a well-preserved 15th-century tower house just south west of Gatehouse of Fleet, in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Scotland. It was originally owned by the MacCullochs of Myreton. They abandoned the castle in the late 17th century, following the execution of Sir Godfrey McCulloch for the murder of a Clan Gordon neighbour. It is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland, and is a scheduled monument.

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In the rankings

Cardoness Castle ranks #5,183 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #181 of the 225 mapped in Scotland. Founded c. 1450, it is older than 46% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.

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