Plunton Castle
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Plunton Castle is a castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Cardoness Castle, 3.0 mi away.
Plunton Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
Cardoness Castle
3.0 mi away
Castles in Dumfries and Galloway
64
Scotland
About Plunton Castle
Plunton Castle is a ruined L-plan tower house between Kirkandrews and Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Built around 1575 for the Lennoxes of Plunton, it passed by marriage to the Murrays of Broughton in the late 17th century.
From the Wikipedia article on Plunton Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plunton Castle sits at 54.8319, -4.1733 in Dumfries and Galloway. The closest other castles are Cardoness Castle (3.0 mi), Balmangan Tower (4.2 mi) and Kirkcudbright Castle (4.5 mi). Dumfries and Galloway has 64 castles in all.
