Morton Castle
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Morton Castle is a castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Tibbers Castle, 1.9 mi away.
Morton Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
Tibbers Castle
1.9 mi away
Castles in Dumfries and Galloway
64
Scotland
About Morton Castle
Morton Castle is located by an artificial loch in the hills above Nithsdale, in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies 2.5 miles (4 km) north-east of Thornhill, and once formed part of a chain of castles along the strategically important Nith Valley, which runs from the Solway Firth north to the Clyde Valley.
From the Wikipedia article on Morton Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Morton Castle sits at 55.2749, -3.7464 in Dumfries and Galloway. The closest other castles are Tibbers Castle (1.9 mi), Drumlanrig Castle (2.4 mi) and Closeburn Castle (4.5 mi). Dumfries and Galloway has 64 castles in all.
