Pollock Castle
East Renfrewshire, Scotland
Pollock Castle is a castle in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. The nearest other castle is Mearns Castle, 2.0 mi away.
Pollock Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Nearest castle
Mearns Castle
2.0 mi away
Castles in East Renfrewshire
4
Scotland
Location
East Renfrewshire
Scotland
About Pollock Castle
Pollock Castle, also known as Pollok Castle, was a tower house castle located to the west of modern Newton Mearns in East Renfrewshire, on the opposite side of the M77 motorway from the town. The castle appears on Timothy Pont's map (1583–1596), as a castle named Pook and also appears on Joan Blaeu's map of 1654.
From the Wikipedia article on Pollock Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pollock Castle sits at 55.7826, -4.3556 in East Renfrewshire. The closest other castles are Mearns Castle (2.0 mi), Hawkhead Castle (3.6 mi) and Crookston Castle (3.6 mi). East Renfrewshire has 4 castles in all.
