Edingham Castle
Near Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland UK grid reference NX839628
The castle in 2008
Edingham Castle
Coordinates	54°56′48″N 3°48′43″W / 54.946705°N 3.81205°W / 54.946705; -3.81205
Type	Oblong-plan Tower house
Site information
Owner	Private
Open to the public	Yes
Condition	Ruined
Site history
Built	Late 16th century
Materials	Stone

Edingham Castle is a late 16th-century tower house situated near Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway. It is the remains of an early tower house built for the Livingstones of Little Airds. It is near Edingham Munitions Factory and is a scheduled ancient monument.^[1]

Edingham Castle was built as a four-story tower in 1570-1585 by the Morrisons. They were succeeded by the Afflecks in 1660. Later, in the 1700s this became the McVicar-Afflecks. It was roofless by 1872 when it was purchased by John Hutinson. The remains measure 8.6 meters x 7.2 meters.

• Scheduled monuments in Dumfries and Galloway
• List of Category A listed buildings in Dumfries and Galloway

• The Castles of Scotland A Comprehensive Reference and Gazetteer to More Than 2700 Castles and Fortified Cities. 2000. ISBN 978-1-899874-26-2.
• Maxwell-Irving, Alastair M.T. (2000). The Border Towers of Scotland Their History and Architecture the West March. ISBN 978-1-899316-31-1.

• Edingham Castle at dalbeattiematters.co.uk Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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