Scotland · Partial ruin
Crookston Castle
Crookston Castle is a medieval stone castle on a natural hill in the Pollok area of Glasgow, overlooking the Levern Water near its confluence with the White Cart Water. The rectangular main block has a tower at each corner in an unusual irregular 'X-plan'; only the north-east tower survives to its former height while other towers and western ranges were once destroyed and later repaired. The site is a scheduled monument open to the public.
First raised
1180
Its prime
1545
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1545
The shape it held in its prime.
Set atop a natural hill surrounded by an early circular ring ditch, the castle is a rectangular stone block roughly 19 by 12 metres with a tower at each corner forming an irregular X-plan. Walls are very thick, with the north-east tower rising to full height (about 6 m square) and the south-east tower retaining a basement; the entrance is on the north side beside the north-east tower with a portcullis. The hall at first-floor level is vaulted and tall, and a barrel-vaulted basement contains a well and slit windows.
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11 places to explore in 1545.
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