The Castles of Scotland

What’s New…

Sixth edition

Brand new sixth edition, available June 2025
Hardback (960 pages printed paper case plus 64pp of colour illus)
Includes all the iconic castles and stately homes of Scotland, through ruins and rebuilt houses, via piles of stones and foundations, to mere mentions on old maps and in documents
5,843 entries (which actually cover far more sites than this), 1,700 more than the previous edition
Existing entries all reviewed, most expanded with more detailed family ownership and listing notable characters from the family
64 pages of colour photos (121 colour plates)
Redesigned, more compact entries
Includes grid refs, postcodes, parishes and websites
Increased number of and many new illustrations
Online scaleable interactive map
Online index for all the sites in the text and cross-references (10,000 entries)
Indexes to find: open to the public; accommodation providers; wedding venues; gardens; and more on line
Index by clan and family names in the book greatly expanded and revised
Property index added in the book, where the site has changed name
Section on titles and offices of state in the book
Printed by Bell & Bain in Glasgow, Scotland