What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Skirling Castle as Castle (medieval). 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.
Skirling Castle was a medieval stronghold likely built in the 13th or 14th century, situated in the Scottish Borders. It is remembered for its strategic position near the Anglo-Scottish border, where it would have played a role in the region's turbulent history of conflict and territorial control.
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Places near here
SkirlingRing Ditch (period Unassigned)(possible) · 69 yd
Skirling Parish ChurchChurch (18th Century) · 272 yd
Skirling, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 557 yd
Cambwell, FordFord (period Unassigned) · 1440 yd
Castle HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Castlehill, CandybankFort (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Muirburn CastleMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Biggar and Upper Clydesdale MuseumMuseum · 1.9 mi
Biggar, High StreetSchool (period Unassigned), Tower House (medieval)(possible) · 1.9 mi
Hugh MacDiarmidMemorial · 2.0 mi
Cuthbertson MemorialMemorial · 2.1 mi
Biggar Gasworks MuseumMuseum · 2.2 mi