List of castles in South Lanarkshire

This is a list of castles in South Lanarkshire.

List

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Biggar Castle	Motte and bailey		Ruin		Biggar
Boghouse Castle			No remains		Crawfordjohn
Bothwell Castle	Castle of enceinte	13th century	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Bothwell NS6881559345
Cadzow Castle		1500–1550	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Chatelherault Country Park NS735537	Rebuilt as a folly in the 18th century
Calderwood Castle		14th century	No remains	N/a	Long Calderwood, East Kilbride	Demolished in 1955
Carstairs Castle		12th century	No remains		Carstairs NS93954619
Craignethan Castle		1500–1550	Ruin	Historic Scotland	Crossford NS816464
Crawford Castle			Ruin		Crawford NS954213	Also known as Lindsay Tower
Crawfordjohn Castle			No remains		Crawfordjohn,
Douglas Castle			Ruin		Douglas NS8430031801	Only a single tower of the 17th-century castle remains. Also known as Castle Dangerous
Drumsagard Castle			Ruin		Cambuslang
Eddlewood Castle			Ruin
Farme Castle	Keep and courtyard	15th century	No remains	n/a	Rutherglen	Demolished in the 1960s
Gilbertfield Castle	Tower house	1607	Ruin	Private	Cambuslang NS652587
Tower of Hallbar	Tower house	16th century	Restored as holiday accommodation	Vivat Trust	Braidwood NS8393547121
Kilbride Castle	Keep and courtyard	12th century	Ruin		East Kilbride
Lanark Castle		Unknown	No remains		Lanark NS8790643297	Kenneth II held at least one parliament at Lanark Castle in 978. It played an important role in the Scottish Wars of Independence, being where William Wallace first drew his sword against the English.
Lamington Tower	Tower house	16th century	Ruin		Lamington
Lee Castle	Historic House		Occupied as a residence	Private	Lanark NS8541546503	Parts date from the 13th century
Mains Castle	Tower house	15th century	Occupied as a residence	Private	East Kilbride
Roberton Castle	Motte and bailey	12th century	Ruin		Roberton
Rutherglen Castle		13th century	No remains	n/a	Rutherglen	Destroyed in 1569
Strathaven Castle	Tower house	14th century	Ruin		Strathaven NS703445	Free access
Tarbrax Castle			No remains	n/a	Tarbrax

See also

• Castles in Scotland
• List of castles in Scotland
• List of listed buildings in South Lanarkshire

References

• Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7
• Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4
• Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press