Castles and forts in Renfrewshire
The Discover Alone map has 26 castles and forts in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Below are the 26 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Paisley, Stanely CastleCastle (medieval)Stanely Castle stands in Renfrewshire as a medieval ruin, its exact position known though its interior remains closed…
Kings Inch RoadCastle (medieval)Kings Inch Road marks a medieval castle in Renfrewshire, though no tower or wall remains visible above the grass. The…
Johnstone CastleTower House (16th Century)Johnstone Castle is a 16th-century tower house in Renfrewshire that survived the demolition of its grander mansion in…
Elliston CastleTower House (medieval)Elliston Castle stands as a ruined medieval tower house in Renfrewshire, built by the Sempill family during the…
Dargavel HouseCastleDargavel House is a castle in Renfrewshire whose oldest chamber is a Z-plan tower built by the Maxwell family in 1584.…
Barr CastleCastle (medieval)Barr Castle stands as a plain stone rectangle on a low ridge above Lochwinnoch, built in the fifteenth century and…
Barochan HouseCountry House (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval)Barochan House stands in Renfrewshire as a medieval tower house later becoming a country home, its stones recording…
Penwold HouseCastle (medieval)Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Penwold House as Castle (medieval). The official map…- Renfrew, Castlehill GardensCastle (medieval)Castlehill Gardens in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland, still carries the shape of a medieval castle even though the…
- Parkglen WoodStructure(s) (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval)(possible)Parkglen Wood hides a possible medieval tower house in Renfrewshire, though no exact date or owner is certain. The wood…
- Paisley, Ferguslie CastleCastle (medieval)Ferguslie Castle stands in Paisley, Renfrewshire, a medieval structure reduced to memory rather than marble. The name…
- Old BishoptonTower House (medieval)Old Bishopton stands in Renfrewshire as a medieval tower house, its stones marked by age rather than display. It may…
- Larabank CastleCastle (medieval)Larabank Castle stands in Renfrewshire as a medieval ruin, its exact position known though no public gate or guide is…
- Johnstone, Red House, Cochrane TowerTower House (medieval)Cochrane Tower stands in Renfrewshire as a medieval tower house, its red walls marking Johnstone and Red House across…
- Formakin Park CastleCastle (medieval)Formakin Park Castle stands in Renfrewshire as a medieval castle, its exact boundary lost to time but its purpose clear…
- Erskine, North Barr, Old Bar CastleCastle (medieval)Old Bar Castle stands in North Barr, Renfrewshire, a medieval ruin marked only by a broad coordinate rather than a…
- Cloak CastleCastle (medieval)Cloak Castle stands in Renfrewshire, Scotland, a medieval ruin marked on the official map with a point accurate to the…
- Castle Semple Loch, Peel TowerTower House (medieval)Castle Semple Loch, Peel Tower stands as a medieval tower house in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The exact location is known…
- Castle Hill, MotteArchaeological placeCastle Hill, Motte is an archaeological place in Renfrewshire, Scotland. A mound built by human hands, it may have…
- Bridge of Weir, Ranfurly CastleCastle (medieval)Ranfurly Castle stood in Renfrewshire as a medieval fortress, its stones built to command the local landscape rather…
- Bridge of Weir, Castle HillMotte (medieval), Unidentified Pottery (roman)Castle Hill in Bridge of Weir carries a medieval motte and roman pottery, linking the same ground across centuries of…
- Bishopton, Dargavel HouseHouse (19th Century), Tower House (medieval)Dargavel House in Bishopton, Renfrewshire, carries a medieval tower beneath its 19th-century rooms, marking centuries…
- BeltreesCastle (medieval)(possible)Beltrees is a possible medieval castle in Renfrewshire, Scotland, tied to the Sempill family and the turbulent court…
- Auchenbathie TowerTower House (medieval)Auchenbathie Tower rose in Renfrewshire as a medieval stone fortress for the Wallace Clan, yet only a fragmented wall…
- Auchenames TowerTower House (medieval)Auchenames Tower stands in Renfrewshire as a medieval tower house, its bones old enough to predate most local memory.…
- Renfrew, King's InchCastle (medieval)King's Inch rose as a medieval castle in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Whether kings ever walked its stones or men simply…