What is recorded here
Ravenston Castle stands in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, recorded as a building without a clear period. Its exact location is known within ten metres, yet the absence of a date leaves its purpose and age open to imagination. The castle may have witnessed lives, storms and changes now forgotten. What is certain is that it still exists, marked on the national record and waiting to be seen.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ravenston Castle as Building (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Ravenston Castle was a medieval stronghold, likely built in the 13th or 14th century by a local noble family in the Scottish Borders region. It is remembered for its strategic position and as an example of early Scottish castle architecture.
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Places near here
Ravenstone CastleCountry House (19th Century), Tower House (16th Century) · 110 yd
Ravenstone MainsFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 625 yd
Moss ParkFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 990 yd
Dowalton FarmAxe Hammer (period Unassigned), Battleaxe (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Dowalton HillStructure (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Old Place of MonreithTower House (medieval) · 1.9 mi
OUton WoodWood · 1.9 mi
Court Hill PlantationForest · 2.2 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.4 mi
Whithorn, Bruce StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.2 mi
Whithorn, King's Road, Church Hall DevelopmentNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.3 mi
Fell of CarletonMountain / peak · 3.9 mi