Tibbers Castle
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Tibbers Castle is a motte-and-bailey castle overlooking a ford across the River Nith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. To the east is the village of Carronbridge and to the north west is a 16th-cent
The motte at Tibbers Castle
Edward I of England visited Tibbers Castle in 1298.
Lochmaben Castle
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Lochmaben Castle is a ruined castle in the town of Lochmaben, the feudal Lordship of Annandale, and the united county of Dumfries and Galloway. It was built by Edward I in the 14th century replacing a
Tibbers Castle
…castle and replaced the single small bailey with two large enclosures south of the motte. These enclosures may have housed a market as was the case at Lochmaben Castle. There are few examples in Scotland of earthwork castles being rebuilt in stone. The four-sided motte measures 44 by 27 metres (144 by 89 ft) at the…
The castle in 2008
Lochmaben - aerial view
View west along the moat
Interior section of the ruins, looking west