Buittle Castle
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Buittle Castle is a castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Buittle Place, 0.1 mi away.
Buittle Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
Buittle Place
0.1 mi away
Castles in Dumfries and Galloway
64
Scotland
About Buittle Castle
Buittle Castle, also known historically as Botle or Botel Castle, is a Motte and Bailey site in Galloway, south-west Scotland with significant early and medieval history comprising a significant ruined Norman style Motte, and several extant buildings and gardens, including the later residential building in the form of the Tower House, on the historic Bailey. It is located in the valley of the River Urr, 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of Dalbeattie.
From the Wikipedia article on Buittle Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Buittle Castle sits at 54.9352, -3.8445 in Dumfries and Galloway. The closest other castles are Buittle Place (0.1 mi), Edingham Castle (1.4 mi) and Motte of Urr (1.9 mi). Dumfries and Galloway has 64 castles in all.
