Z Plan is a form of castle design common in England and Scotland. The Z-plan castle has a strong central rectangular tower with smaller towers attached at diagonally opposite corners.
Examples of the Z plan are Castle Menzies in Perthshire,Glenbuchat Castle in Aberdeenshire,Castle Fraser in Aberdeenshire, Claypotts Castle in Dundee. and Hatton Castle, Angus, Scotland.
A variant on the Z plan is the C plan, in which the two smaller towers are attached at adjacent corners of the main tower.