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Edingham Castle is a late medieval fortified tower located in Kirkcudbrightshire in south-west Scotland. The structure dates from the fifteenth or sixteenth century and represents a common defensive settlement type of the period, built to protect against both external threat and internal dispute. The castle survives as a ruined tower, characteristic of the numerous small strongholds constructed by Scottish landowners during this era of feudal consolidation. Its location within Kirkcudbrightshire reflects the strategic importance of the region's defensive architecture during the late medieval period.
Edingham Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6412. View the official record →
Edingham Castle is a late medieval fortified tower located in Kirkcudbrightshire in south-west Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6412.
Edingham 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 SM6412.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Edingham Munitions Factory (0.6 km), Buittle Castle (2.3 km), Redcastle, standing stone 275m ESE of Graham's Wood, Haugh of Urr (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Edingham 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.
Edingham Castle stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is felsic-rock.