SCT Scotland
71 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Crookston Castle, 7 km south-west of the city centre; the most famous is Edinburgh Castle — #37 of 8,133 worldwide — 66 km east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Antonine Wall, founded 142.
Every one of them stands in Scotland — the country page shows the full national picture.
16 km north-east · Fortress · #69 worldwide
The Antonine Wall was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the…
21 km north-west · Castle
Dumbarton Castle has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland.
11 km south-east · Ruin
Bothwell Castle is a large medieval castle, sited on a high, steep bank, above a bend in the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
7 km south-west · Ruin
Crookston Castle is a ruined medieval castle in the Pollok area of Glasgow, Scotland.
22 km north · Castle
Culcreuch Castle is a Scottish castle close to the village of Fintry, near Loch Lomond. It had been the home of the Barons of Culcreuch since 1699.
13 km north · Ruin
Mugdock Castle was the stronghold of the Clan Graham from the middle of the 13th century.
20 km south-east · Castle
Dalzell House is a historic house in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
35 km north-east · Castle · #82 worldwide
Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most historically and architecturally important castles in Scotland.
42 km east · Ruin · #296 worldwide
The ruins of Linlithgow Palace are located in the town of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, 15 miles west of Edinburgh.
38 km north · Castle
Doune Castle is a medieval stronghold near the village of Doune, in the Stirling council area of central Scotland and the historic county of…
54 km north-east · Ruin
Dunfermline Palace is a ruined former Scottish royal palace and important tourist attraction in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
48 km east · Castle
Blackness Castle is a 15th-century fortress, near the village of Blackness, Scotland, on the south shore of the Firth of Forth.
50 km east · Ruin
Midhope Castle is a late 16th-century tower house in Scotland. It is situated in the hamlet of Abercorn on the Hopetoun estate, About 4 kilometres to…
50 km west · Ruin
Rothesay Castle is a ruined castle in Rothesay, the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in western Scotland.
50 km north-east · Castle
Castle Campbell is a medieval castle situated above the town of Dollar, Clackmannanshire, in central Scotland.
58 km north-east · Castle
Drummond Castle is located in Perthshire, Scotland. The castle is known for its gardens, described by Historic Environment Scotland as "the best…
27 km north-west · Palace & château
Balloch Castle is an early 19th-century country house situated at the southern tip of Loch Lomond, in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
37 km north-east · Castle
Airth Castle is a castle overlooking the village of Airth and the River Forth, in the Falkirk area of Scotland.
38 km west · Palace & château
Kelburn Castle is a large house near Fairlie, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is the seat of the Earl of Glasgow.
+ 8 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
66 km east · Castle · #37 worldwide
Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age.
68 km east · Palace & château · #84 worldwide
The Palace of Holyroodhouse, also known as Holyrood Palace, is the official residence of the monarch of the United Kingdom in Scotland.
66 km north-west · Palace & château · #395 worldwide
Inveraray Castle is a country house near Inveraray in the county of Argyll, in western Scotland, on the shore of Loch Fyne, Scotland's longest sea…
78 km north-east · Palace & château
Falkland Palace, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, is a royal palace of the Scottish kings.
66 km south-west · Castle
Culzean Castle is a castle overlooking the Firth of Clyde, near Maybole, Carrick, in South Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland.
65 km north-east · Ruin
Lochleven Castle is a ruined castle on an island in Loch Leven, in the Perth and Kinross local authority area of Scotland.
80 km north-east · Palace & château
Scone Palace is a Category A-listed historic house near the village of Scone and the city of Perth, Scotland.
70 km east · Ruin
Craigmillar Castle is a ruined medieval castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is three miles south-east of the city centre, on a low hill to the south of…
77 km north-west · Ruin
Kilchurn Castle is a ruined structure on a rocky peninsula at the northeastern end of Loch Awe, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.
71 km south-east · Castle
Drumlanrig Castle is situated on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
99 km north-west · Ruin
Dunstaffnage Castle is a partially ruined castle in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland.
64 km south-west · Castle
Brodick Castle is a castle situated outside the port of Brodick on the Isle of Arran, an island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
+ 32 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q4093.
The Castlemap atlas maps 71 landmarks (37 castles · 2 fortresses · 7 palaces & châteaux · 25 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Glasgow, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Crookston Castle, a ruin 7 km south-west of the city centre.
Edinburgh Castle, ranked #37 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 66 km east from Glasgow.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Antonine Wall, founded 142 — 16 km north-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Edinburgh (67 km) · Dundee (104 km) · Belfast (176 km) · Inverness (180 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
