Cruggleton Castle
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Cruggleton Castle is a tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Sorbie Tower, 3.4 mi away.
Cruggleton Castle at a glance
Type
Tower house
Motte
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
Sorbie Tower
3.4 mi away
Castles in Dumfries and Galloway
64
Scotland
About Cruggleton Castle
Cruggleton Castle is a multi-period archaeological site on the coast of the Machars, in the historical county of Wigtownshire in south-west Scotland. It is located at Cruggleton Point, around 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) east of Whithorn and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south-east of Sorbie.
From the Wikipedia article on Cruggleton Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cruggleton Castle sits at 54.7572, -4.3573 in Dumfries and Galloway. The closest other castles are Sorbie Tower (3.4 mi), Barholm Castle (6.7 mi) and Carsluith Castle (7.1 mi). Dumfries and Galloway has 64 castles in all.
