Cruggleton Castle
📍 Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
About
Cruggleton Castle is a multi-period archaeological site on the coast of the Machars, in the historical county of Wigtownshire in south-west Scotland. It is located at Cruggleton Point, around 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) east of Whithorn and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south-east of Sorbie. Excavations in the 1970s and 1980s revealed several periods of use, from the 1st century AD to the 17th century. The first stone tower was built in the 13th century, on an earlier motte.
A 12th-century castle built by the Comyn family on a headland above Wigtown Bay. The nearby Cruggleton Church has a fine Norman doorway. The castle site has mostly eroded into the sea, with only fragments remaining. The coastal setting is beautiful, with views across the bay. Part of the network of Norman-era fortifications in Galloway.
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