Rutherglen Castle was located where Castle Street meets King Street in Rutherglen, Scotland.[1] It was a large and important castle, having been built in the 13th century; the walls were reportedly 5 feet thick.[2]
James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray ordered the castle's destructionPlaque on a tenement built on the approximate location of the castle
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