Castles and forts in East Renfrewshire
The Discover Alone map has 15 castles and forts in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Below are the 15 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Polnoon CastleCastle (medieval)Hotspur’s ransom money bought the stones that raised Polnoon Castle beside the Polnoon Water in the fourteenth century.…
Newton MearnsCastle (medieval)Mearns Castle rose as a towerhouse during the 15th century, anchoring a borderland where Roland de Mearns, the Pollocks…
Mearns CastleCastleMearns Castle is a 15th-century tower house in Newton Mearns, built by Herbert, Lord Maxwell under a royal warrant…
Caldwell Tower, Old BarnTower House (medieval)Caldwell Tower, Old Barn stands as a medieval tower house in East Renfrewshire, its stones holding the shape of hands…- Polloktown, Pollok CastleCountry House (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval)Pollok Castle stands in East Renfrewshire as a medieval tower house now listed without a clear period, its stones…
- Pollok CastleCastlePollok Castle keeps a restless life west of Newton Mearns, appearing as Pook on Timothy Pont's map before fire…
- Newton Mearns, Waterfoot Road, Mearns CastleBarracks (17th Century) (1675), Castle (medieval)(possible), Church (20th Century), Covenanters Meeting Place (17th Century) (1663), Tower House (15th Century)Newton Mearns, Waterfoot Road, Mearns Castle is a 15th-century tower house that became a 17th-century barracks in 1675…
- Newton Mearns, Mearns CastleFort (period Unassigned)(possible)Mearns Castle is a possible fort in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, with no confirmed date or named builder. The land may…
- Newton Mearns, Ayr Road, Faside HouseTower House (medieval)Faside House stands on Ayr Road in Newton Mearns as a medieval tower house, its stone frame still marking the landscape…
- Glanderston HouseTower House (medieval)Glanderston House was a medieval tower house in East Renfrewshire that belonged to the Stewart Kings of Scotland before…
- Castle HillCastle (medieval)Castle Hill in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, still carries the shape of a medieval castle, though no intact tower or…
- Barrhead, Stewart's Rais TowerTower House (medieval)Stewart's Rais Tower rose in East Renfrewshire as a medieval tower house, its narrow form built to keep watch over…
- NetherplaceCastle(s) (medieval)Mnemo knows the safety of that world. The characters want the story to record what they experienced, not to invent a…
- Patterton TowerCastlePatterton Tower is a castle in East Renfrewshire. It is not a new invention, a hidden chamber or a fictional trap. The…
- Orchardhill TowerCastleOrchardhill Tower stands as a castle in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Its stones may have watched orchards grow or…