What is recorded here
No credible castle fact is supplied for The Castles. The available data only names a prehistoric cord rig in the Scottish Borders, so the castle story must decline rather than invent a palace, besiege a phantom fortress or decorate an empty coordinate with fantasy.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records The Castles as Cord Rig (prehistoric). 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.
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Places near here
The CastlesFort (iron Age), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Settlement (period Unassigned) · 232 yd
The Castles (fort)Archaeological place · 241 yd
Crock LawStructure (period Unassigned) · 393 yd
Calroust BurnFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 507 yd
SwindonBuilding (period Unassigned)(possible), Enclosure (period Unassigned) · 584 yd
Calroust FarmFarm (medieval) · 741 yd
Elisheugh HillMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Birkie PlantationWood · 2.2 mi
Mozie LawMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
Waterfall on the Rowhope BurnWaterfall · 2.8 mi
Waterfall at entrance to Hen HoleWaterfall · 3.3 mi
Upper ChattoNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.1 mi