The Castle of St John, also known as Stranraer Castle, is an early 16th-century L-plan tower house in the centre of Stranraer, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It was built by the Adairs of Kilhilt c.1510. It has been used as a home, a court, a police station and as a military garrison during the "Killing Times" of Covenanter persecution in the 1680s. During the Victorian era, the castle was modified to serve as a prison, and it was used as an ARP base during the Second World War. The castle was refurbished in the late 1980s and is now a museum.
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Tue - Sat: 10.00 – 13.00 and 13.30 – 16.30
Free admission.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_St_John
Info https://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/castle-of-st-john-p248741
Email stranraermuseum@dumgal.gov.uk
Phone +44 1776 705088
Address Harbour Street, Stranraer, United Kingdom
Coordinates 54°54'15.998" N -5°1'34" E
