What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Carstairs Castle as Castle (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Carstairs Castle was built in the 13th century by the de Carstairs family, a minor noble lineage in the region of Dumfries and Galloway. It is remembered for its strategic position near the English border and its role in local medieval defense and territorial control.
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Places near here
Carstairs, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 182 yd
Carstairs Village War MemorialMemorial · 184 yd
CarstairsBurgh (medieval), Village (period Unassigned) · 226 yd
White HillMountain / peak · 1518 yd
CorbiehallEnclosure (period Unassigned), Henge (neolithic) - (bronze Age)(possible), Ring Ditch (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Carstairs Junction, Strawfrank Road, Church and GraveyardBurial Ground (19th Century), Church (19th Century), Churchyard (19th Century) · 1.2 mi
Winnyknowe WoodlandForest · 2.5 mi
BankwoodNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.6 mi
EastshieldDovecot (16th Century), Tower House (medieval) · 2.7 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.7 mi
ShawhillNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.2 mi
Mains WoodForest · 3.5 mi