List of castles in South Ayrshire
Appearance
This is a list of castles in South Ayrshire.
List
[edit]Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture |
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Ardstinchar Castle | Ruin | Private | Ballantrae | Mary Queen of Scots once stayed here | ![]() | ||
Auchans Castle | Tower House | 17th century | Ruin | Private | Dundonald NS3548034599 |
Onetime home to Lady Susanna Montgomerie and visited by Dr Samuel Johnson & James Boswell | |
Baltersan Castle | Ruin | ![]() | |||||
Barnweill Castle | 13th century | Moat only | Private | Craigie | The remains of Barnweill Church lie nearby | ||
Blairquhan Castle | Historic house | 1824 | Occupied | Private | NS3653105468 | ![]() | |
Carleton Castle | Tower castle | 15th century | Ruin | Private | Lendalfoot | Held by the Cathcarts of Killochan | ![]() |
Cassillis Castle | Keep | 15th century | Occupied | Private | Minishant |
One time home of the Cassillis family | ![]() |
Craigie Castle | Keep | 13th century | Ruin | Craigie NS4084831699 |
One time home of the Wallace family | ||
Crosbie Castle | Keep | 14th century | Ruin | South Ayrshire Council | Troon | Demolished by the Fullarton of Fullarton family and made into an ice house | |
Culzean Castle | Historic house | 1792 | Preserved | National Trust for Scotland | NS2325410253 | Incorporates an older tower house | |
Dalquharran Castle (old) | 15th century | Ruin | Dailly | ||||
Dalquharran Castle (new) | 1785 | Ruin | Dailly | ![]() | |||
Dundonald Castle | Ruin | Historic Scotland | Dundonald NS3637234511 |
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Dunduff Castle | L-shaped Tower | Circa 1696 | Restored | Private | Dunure NS2719216370 |
Held by the Stewarts and then the Whitefords | ![]() |
Dunure Castle | Keep | 15th century | Ruin | Marquess of Ailsa | Dunure NS250158 |
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Fail Castle | Tower | 16th century | Sparse remains | Private | Tarbolton NS4212928654 |
Modified part of Fail Monastery | |
Gadgirth Castle | Tower | 14th Century | Demolished | Private | Annbank | Mansion house was built on the site | |
Gadgirth Old Ha' | Tower | Prior to 14th Century | Sparse remains | Private | Annbank | Replaced by Gadgirth Castle that was demolished in 1808. Held by the Chalmer family | |
Glenapp Castle | Occupied | NX0935480711 | |||||
Greenan Castle | Ruin | NS3118719324 | ![]() | ||||
Killochan Castle | 1581 | Occupied | Near Girvan | ||||
Maybole Castle | 1560 | Occupied | Maybole | ||||
Penkill Castle | 16th century | Occupied | NX2315398535 | ||||
Sundrum Castle | Occupied | NS4107421260 | ![]() | ||||
Thomaston Castle | Ruin | NS2399309532 | ![]() | ||||
Turnberry Castle | Ruin | NS1966507245 | ![]() |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7
- Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4
- Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press
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