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Bothwell Castle is a substantial stone fortress situated on a bend of the River Clyde in Lanarkshire, constructed principally during the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The castle's most distinctive feature is its massive red sandstone keep or donjon, which was begun by Walter de Moravia in the 1270s, though the structure was substantially modified and completed over subsequent decades. The site occupies strategic importance as a stronghold in the Clyde valley, and the castle witnessed considerable military activity during the Scottish Wars of Independence, changing hands between English and Scottish forces. The surviving remains comprise the keep, curtain walls, and various domestic structures that attest to its significance as a major baronial residence and fortress in medieval Scotland.
BOTHWELL CASTLE is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90038. View the official record →
Bothwell Castle is a substantial stone fortress situated on a bend of the River Clyde in Lanarkshire, constructed principally during the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM90038.
BOTHWELL CASTLE is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM90038.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bothwellhaugh,Roman bath house (4.4 km), Long Calderwood, cairn 40m SSW of 1 Cadell Gardens (4.4 km), Bothwellhaugh,Roman fort (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of BOTHWELL CASTLE's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
BOTHWELL CASTLE stands on Scottish Coal Measures Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.