What is recorded here

Boghall Castle, a Flemings stronghold in South Lanarkshire, reduced to two drum towers and a stair fragment after abandonment and stone-robbing, still stands in a low field south of Biggar. Edward II stayed there in 1310, Moray besieged it in 1568, and a 1670 datestone marks the later hall block that remained intact until at least 1790. The castle may have been rebuilt stronger after the siege, as Pont’s map suggests, but the stones themselves no longer remember whether they were taken for walls, roads, or pride.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Boghall Castle as Castle (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Boghall Castle was built in the 14th century by the Haliburton family, a prominent Scottish noble family. It is remembered as a strategic stronghold in the Scottish Borders, reflecting the turbulent history of the region during the Wars of Scottish Independence.

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