Wauchope Castle was a castle located at Wauchope, in

Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway ( sco, Dumfries an Gallowa; gd, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands. It covers the counties of Scotland, historic counties of ...

, Scotland. The castle was a stronghold of the Lindsay family. It was the caput of the Barony of Wauchope. Built as a

motte and bailey A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or Bailey (castle), bailey, surrounded by a protective Rampart (fortification ...

in the 13th century, it was reconstructed as a

tower house A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation. Tower houses began to appear in the Middle Ages, especially in mountainous or limited access areas, in order to command and defend strateg ...

in the 15th century before a manse house was constructed at the site, which was a ruin in the 18th century.

References

*Coventry, Martin. ''Castles of the Clans: the strongholds and seats of 750 Scottish families and clans''. Musselburgh, 2008. page 337.
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