Dunskey Castle
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Dunskey Castle is a tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Garthland Castle, 4.7 mi away.
Dunskey Castle at a glance
Type
Tower house
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
Garthland Castle
4.7 mi away
Castles in Dumfries and Galloway
64
Scotland
About Dunskey Castle
Dunskey Castle is a ruined, 16th-century tower house or castle, built by the Adair family at the site of an earlier 12th-century castle. It is located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the village of Portpatrick, Rhinns, Wigtownshire, on the south-west coast of Scotland.
From the Wikipedia article on Dunskey Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunskey Castle sits at 54.8354, -5.1099 in Dumfries and Galloway. The closest other castles are Garthland Castle (4.7 mi), Castle of St John (5.8 mi) and Lochnaw Castle (5.9 mi). Dumfries and Galloway has 64 castles in all.
