What is recorded here

Cathcart Castle stands on Old Castle Road as a possible ringwork and medieval tower house, its exact age still unknown. The stones may have watched Glasgow grow from a small settlement into a busy city, while people climbed their stairs or looked out over land now buried under roads and houses. Whether the site was a defensive stronghold or a noble residence, it shaped the area before modern buildings covered most of its evidence.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glasgow, Old Castle Road, Cathcart Castle as Ringwork (period Unknown)(possible), 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.

Cathcart Castle was built in the late 13th or early 14th century by the Maxwell family, a powerful Scottish noble clan. It is remembered as a key stronghold in the defense of the southern borders of Glasgow and as an example of medieval tower house architecture in Scotland.

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