Torthorwald Castle
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Torthorwald Castle is a tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Rockhall Tower, 2.2 mi away.
Torthorwald Castle at a glance
Type
Tower house
Motte
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
Rockhall Tower
2.2 mi away
Castles in Dumfries and Galloway
64
Scotland
About Torthorwald Castle
Torthorwald Castle is a large ruined rectangular tower at the centre of the village of Torthorwald just outside Dumfries in south west Scotland.
From the Wikipedia article on Torthorwald Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torthorwald Castle sits at 55.0892, -3.5145 in Dumfries and Galloway. The closest other castles are Rockhall Tower (2.2 mi), Auchen Castle Hotel (2.4 mi) and Old Lochmaben Castle (3.9 mi). Dumfries and Galloway has 64 castles in all.
