Scottish Castles

Adrian Pettifer

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The Boydell Press
01 October 2024

Castles & fortifications; History of architecture; European history; Medieval history

Gazetteer of over 500 hundred surviving Scottish Castles.

Discover the castles of Scotland, from early ""motte and bailey"" earthworks and impressive walled enclosures to the many tower houses that dot the landscape. Castles were built in increasing numbers from the 14th to the 17th century, as residences for the Scottish nobility. Some are still proudly occupied; others are well-maintained ruins; many others slowly decay in fields and farmyards.

Here, Adrian Pettifer provides a brief account of every Scottish castle to survive in a reasonable state of preservation, including such iconic sites as Edinburgh, Glamis and Cawdor. Each of the more than five hundred main entries provides a brief history and description of a castle, followed by advice on accessibility, sources for further reading and cross-references to related sites. An introduction supplies the historical background, while a glossary covers all aspects of Scottish castles in some detail. Ordnance Survey references are given in the index.

By: Adrian Pettifer
Imprint: The Boydell Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Paperback original
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 738g
ISBN: 9781837652044
ISBN 10: 183765204X
Pages: 402
Publication Date: 01 October 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll: Islands Argyll: Mainland Ayrshire Banffshire Berwickshire Bute County Caithness Clackmannanshire and Kinross-shire Dumfriesshire Dunbartonshire East Lothian Fife Inverness-shire Kincardineshire Kirkcudbrightshire Lanarkshire Midlothian Moray and Nairnshire Orkney Peeblesshire Perthshire Renfrewshire Ross Roxburghshire Selkirkshire Shetland Skye Stirlingshire Sutherland Western Isles West Lothian Wigtownshire Glossary Bibliography Index of Sites

Adrian Pettifer gained his degree in ancient and medieval history from Birmingham University. He is an avid visitor of historic monuments.