The Scotlanders' look at Scotland's best castles!

Join David and Neil as they travel between the most picturesque, dramatic, atmospheric and chilling Scottish ruins in this look at some of the top castles in Scotland. Campbell, Bothwell, Kisimul, Kilchurn, Tioram and Tantallon all feature as they tour the best Scottish castles around the land on land and in the air.
We are the Scotlanders and we are passionate about everything Scottish. Discover the history of Scotland's top castles and visit them on this tour that will make you want to pack your bags and come visit this mighty fortresses, including some that have been featured as Outlander locations. Join us!
The Scotlanders are a collective of the top Scottish travel bloggers & content creators. We work with everyone from national tourist boards to local groups to show off the best of Scotland's history, heritage, culture, outdoors, food & drink, visitor attractions, and off-the-beaten-path experiences. Our social media campaigns have reached millions, but at the end of the day we do it because we just love Scotland.
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[@pamelabrady4241]

I love learning Scotlands history. I did enjoy your video. My favorite is Donrobin and the Sutherlands. Thanks for doing this

[@damienstargemini]

Pure Dead Brilliant. Looking forward to seeing more. I am a pure Scot, born in Paisley, immigrated to Canada. Love Scotland and been back many times. Great concept Lads. Much success.

[@beautyofdawn9565]

Welcome to Canada! We're happy to have you!

[@nurselisa68]

I’d love to see a map with your videos to help visualize locations as I don’t know Scotland well (yet). Thank you for the in-depth information and beautiful cinematography.

[@rachelle6274]

Amazing footage! Now I just need to replay with the Outlander soundtrack playing in the background. Ahh perfection

[@deniseu2119]

Brought back so many memories of my trips to Scotland. One day, I hope I can return.

[@robinsmith5442]

Just found your channel, I will go back through the videos. I have Bruce, Grant, Ballew and several other Scottish lines of DNA so I'm half Scot. Scalloway castle would be interesting since my great grandma was full blooded Shetlander. Thanks!

[@sherylmcneill7811]

I love Scotland so much I can't wait to see what you do!!!

[@whiskeycook3323]

can't wait to see more of your videos. On my way for fourth trip

[@scotlanders2612]

Thanks Marie, hope they help inspire you. In the mean time head to the Scotlanders' social media accounts for loads of ideas. Slainte! - David

[@fraser_mr2009]

thanks for sharing

[@joshpuffpufftekken]

Guys simply fantastic! amazing video. So good can't wait for more

[@scotlanders2612]

Cheers Josh! We were really happy with this first effort and can't wait to get bigger & better as we go along. Thanks for checking it out.

[@SusanMillard]

Great channel guys, new subbie here. Our heritage is Scottish (my maiden name is Hume) and I would love to see Hume Castle again some day but I would settle for a video of it here on your channel. I was eight years old when I last visited. Our clan tartan is the Hume tartan of course although I like Ancient Hume tartan just as well. I love all things Scotland, my Aunt and Uncle lived in a close located in Glasgow, Scotland. Potato Scones, Scotch Baps, Haggis and mince and mash are some of my favorite foods. Well done guys! I look forward to watching more of your videos as time permits. 😁👍👌💕👑

[@noreenclark2568]

Great show of castles that ive seen or been to over the years, thanks for the history. The story of the Good Sir James Douglas throwing Bruces heart into the midst of battle may only be a story but its a great one at that

[@redonrightrancharbuckle6382]

Excellent! Would like to see more in depth information and tales of the castles. Thanks guys.

[@scotlanders2612]

Cheers! We'll definitely do some deeper dives into historical characters and locations, culture, places to see etc. in future videos. Hope this one whetted the appetite!

[@alanmillar5274]

Love David’s periscopes ... so this will be mega !! Good luck boys.. Chewbaaarker 👍🏼

[@scotlanders2612]

Cheers Chewbaaarker! Good to see you here and thanks for watching. - David

[@sherylmcneill7811]

What's his handle?

[@scotlanders2612]

Hi Sheryl, David here. I'm @TheCastleHunter, and Neil is @Travelwithakilt. See you around!

[@abdelhamidahlouch6149]

Hi guys . You have a great history !!! And a very beautiful country !!!! In Arabic اسكوتلندة Thanks for the video and the information

[@marcopolosue]

Brilliant many thanks, I've subscribed and eagerly await the next adventure. A favorite of mine is Ardvreck castle at Lairg

[@scotlanders2612]

Neil's been there but I haven't yet, I'm well jealous! I'm sure it'll come up in one of our videos before long. Thanks for subscribing! - David

[@thecommoncouple7133]

We went to Stalker castle in Appin and it was a stunning little castle on Loch Linnhe. We made a travel vlog of our time in Appin, which shows why we love Scotland!

[@scotlanders2612]

Oh yeah, Castle Stalker is a winner for sure. Did you know it was used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

[@sherylmcneill7811]

*ginormous gasp* I can't effing believe you featured my family castle in your first episode!!!!! 💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟💟

[@scotlanders2612]

Quite the ancestral home you've got! For both myself and Neil, Kisimul is always in the top 10. Good to have you with us! - David

[@ianmacewan9416]

Great blog guys.

[@lilalay5586]

Sweet!

[@trashisbroken]

Excited about this channel, great first video! Been to Scotland a few time now and definitely fallen in love with the place. Really liked New Slains Castle, it's a relatively 'young' ruined castle. You're still able to make sense of the place and also see how it was built. That's the reason why it stood out for me!

[@scotlanders2612]

Thanks so much, sounds like you've done some castle hunting yourself! New Slains Castle is brilliant, and I know Neil has some cracking drone footage from there so I'm certain we'll make a video featuring it before long. Did you know that a few miles down the coast is the ruins of Old Slains Castle, built several centuries prior to New Slains? New Slains was also one of the inspirations for Dracula's Castle, with Bram Stoker staying as a guest of its laird while traveling in Scotland. Cheers for watching, hope we gave you some ideas for your next trip to Scotland! - David

[@AJM-GariochQuine]

Great video guys. As a Maxwell by marriage, let's have a look at Caerlaverock Castle... the family seat. Sir Herbert Maxwell won great fame by defending his Caerlaverock Castle against King Edward I of England in 1300. During the Wars of Scottish Independence the Clan Maxwell supported King Robert the Bruce and fought at his side at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, under the clan chief of Eustace Maxwell. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caerlaverock_Castle However, I'm originally from Aberdeenshire and as far as castles are concerned, absolutely spoiled for choice, but the most atmospheric of north east castles has to be Dunottar... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnottar_Castle Check it out - you'll love it!!

[@smeegers]

Braw guys!

[@cwilkin25374]

I understand that Robertson castle was burned down during Jocobite rebellion, but there is a museum. Would like to know about Robertsons.

[@karencook7028]

I totally love urquhart castle

[@Duececoupe]

It means home to this Swede! 😉🤜🏻🤛🏻🍻

[@fionamckelvie1101]

Loved the video BUT the north-east of Scotland is full of amazing castles from the over photographed Dunnottar to the amazing ruins at Kildrummy and Huntly, the lairds tower houses at Crathes, Drum and Craigievar, to the large castle palaces of Fyvie and Brodie. Guys leave the central belt and the west coast behind and discover the forgotten corner of Scotland.

[@scotlanders2612]

Thanks Fiona. We do cover the north east - very much 'castle country' we agree - quite a lot with our various projects, just not in this particular video. I was up there last autumn and I'm looking forward to my next trip: www.travelswithakilt.com/aberdeenshire-castles/

[@fionamckelvie1101]

First photo Dunnottar, but your article does contain some of my NE favourites now you just have to do the video to go with the article once we are out of lockdown.

[@iMertin90]

Came across yeez randomly and if yer into checking castle try my local. Torwood castle

[@NYbissett]

Nice work. Perhaps try for better audio when walking and recording. Happy to subscribe!

[@scotlanders2612]

Thanks for subscribing! This first one was definitely testing the waters, and we'll aim to improve quality in every sense as we move forward. That Scottish wind can be the bane of a video!

[@cwilkin25374]

I am a Robertson....would like to know more.

[@jessicaalexandra306]

Thank you for this video I've always dreamt of going to Scotland to see every castle amd ever ruin my whole life since I was a little girl. But I would have loved if you showed us the inside of them and not just drone footage

[@redmasqu]

Stirling should be any warriors choice for a last stand. Other than that, Clan Campbell's castles as they are from the Patriarch.

[@douglasfraser2089]

Do search of Scottish Pubs

[@eyeintheskydrone4k]

As its Scotland add me as a new subscriber. Over 80 castles on my channel.