Castles and forts in North Lanarkshire
The Discover Alone map has 14 castles and forts in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Below are the 14 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Lauchope HouseHouse (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lauchope House as House (period Unassigned), Tower House…_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1613621.jpg?width=1280)
Kilsyth CastleCastle (medieval)Kilsyth Castle stands in North Lanarkshire as a medieval ruin, its walls reduced to fragments that hide more than they…
Cumbernauld HouseCastle (14th Century), House (18th Century), Stable(s) (18th Century)Cumbernauld House stands in North Lanarkshire as an 18th-century country house built in 1731 by William Adam for John…
Castle Hill, MotteArchaeological placeCastle Hill, Motte stands in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, a buried reminder that people once shaped the land before…
Balcastle MotteMotte (12th Century) - (13th Century)Balcastle Motte stands in North Lanarkshire as a 12th to 13th century earthwork, its exact position known to the…
Colzium CastleCastle (medieval)Colzium Castle is a medieval ruin in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its exact point is known, yet no public entry is….jpg?width=1280)
OrbistonTower House (medieval)Orbiston is a medieval tower house in North Lanarkshire. Its later grand mansion was built with slavery profits and…- Inchnock TowerTower House (medieval)Inchnock Tower stands as a medieval tower house in North Lanarkshire, its stones marked by centuries of rain and…
- Garrion TowerTower House (17th Century)Garrion Tower stands in North Lanarkshire as a seventeenth-century tower house, its exact position known to the nearest…
- Chryston, Bedlay CastleTower House (medieval)Chryston, Bedlay Castle stands as a medieval tower house in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its stones have watched the…
- Castle PailsFort (period Unassigned)(possible)Castle Pails may be a vanished fort hidden beneath North Lanarkshire soil, waiting for someone brave enough to dig…
- Castle Hill, ColziumMotte (medieval)Castle Hill, Colzium rises as a medieval motte in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Earth and stone may have shaped that…
- Bothwellhaugh Plantion, Orbiston HouseTower House (medieval)Bothwellhaugh Plantion, Orbiston House stands as a medieval tower house in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Its ancient…
- Airdrie, Monkland HouseDovecot (period Unassigned), Fortified House (period Unassigned), Hotel (period Unassigned)Monkland House in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, wears three identities at once: a fortified house, a dovecot, and a…