Kilbride Castle, also known as Comyn's Castle, was a castle that was located to the north of

East Kilbride East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...

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, Scotland. The castle was owned by the

de Valognes de Valognes (Valoignes, Valoines, Valoins, Valons, Valeynes, Valeignes, Valens, Valence, Valance, Valang, Valoniis) is a family name of two distinct powerful families with notable descendants in the centuries immediately following the Norman Con ...

family, until the castle passed by marriage of Isabel de Valognes to David Comyn in the 13th century. After the Comyns' lands were confiscated by King

Robert I of Scotland Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: ''Raibeart an Bruis''), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329. One of the most renowned warriors of his generation, Robert eventuall ...

, the castle and lands were granted to Walter Stewart. King

Robert II of Scotland Robert II (2 March 1316 – 19 April 1390) was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, he was the first monarch of the House of Stewa ...

granted the lands to John Lindsay of Dunrod in 1382. With the construction of nearby Mains Castle in the 15th century, Kilbride Castle fell into disrepair and was abandoned.

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* Young, Alan; "Robert the Bruce's Rivals: The Comyns, 1212-1314", Tuckwell Press, 1997, , 9781862320536 Castles in South Lanarkshire Buildings and structures in East Kilbride Demolished buildings and structures in Scotland Former castles in Scotland Clan Comyn House of Stuart Clan Lindsay De Valognes family {{Scotland-struct-stub