What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cruggleton Castle as Castle (medieval), Motte (medieval), Settlement (period Unassigned), Tower House (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.
Cruggleton Castle was built in the medieval period, likely as a defensive structure by a local landholding family. It is remembered for its motte-and-bailey design and its role in the regional medieval landscape of southern Scotland.
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Places near here
Matilda: Cruggleton Point, Wigtown Bay, Solway FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 121 yd
Palmallet LochFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 542 yd
Cruggleton, Old Parish Church and Burial GroundBurial Ground (medieval), Church (12th Century) · 687 yd
CruggletonNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 863 yd
Galloway House, Cruggleton Lodge, Policy Walls and GatesLodge (19th Century) · 889 yd
PalmalletSocketed Axehead (period Unassigned) · 958 yd
Rigg BayBay · 1.0 mi
Garlieston BayBay · 2.4 mi
Murray's HillMountain / peak · 3.0 mi
OUton WoodWood · 3.0 mi
Eggerness CastleCastle (medieval)(possible), Promontory Fort (period Unassigned) · 3.1 mi
Outtle Well PlantationWood · 3.4 miOther information
Photo: Billy McCrorie · CC BY-SA 2.0