List of castles in East Ayrshire
This is a list of castles in East Ayrshire.
List
| Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiket Castle | Tower house | Late 15th century | Restored and used as a residence | Private | NS387487 Near Dunlop | See Barony of Aiket |  |
| Auchencloigh Castle | Tower House | 15th century | Scant remains | Private | Near Sinclairston | _-_geograph.org.uk_-_398532.jpg.webp) | |
| Barr Castle | Tower house | 15th century | In use as a Masonic Lodge with a museum | Masonic Lodge | Galston NS501366 | Also known as Lockhart Tower |  |
| Borland Castle | Tower Castle | 15th Century | No remains | Private | Cumnock | ||
| Busbie Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Scant remains | Garden of residence | Knockentiber | Demolished in the 1950s |  |
| Caprington Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Still in use as a residence | Private | Near Kilmarnock NS407362 | Extended to form a baronial house in the 1830s | |
| Carnell Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Still in use as a residence and hotel | Private | NS467322 | Extended to form a baronial house in 1843 | |
| Cessnock Castle | Tower house | 13th century | Restored as a residence | Private | Galston NS510355 | ||
| Corsehill Castle | Tower house | Ruined | Private | Stewarton NS416467 | See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop |  | |
| Craufurdland Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Still in use as a residence | Private | Near Kilmarnock NS455407 | Extended to form a gothic house in the 19th century | |
| Dallars Castle | Tower House | 15th century | Replaced by a mansion house | Private | Hurlford NS463337 | Known for a time as Auchenskeith. Held by the Cuninghams for many years | |
| Dean Castle | Courtyard Castle | 14th century | Restored as a museum | East Ayrshire Council | Kilmarnock NS436394 | Restored 1935-6 |  |
| Dunlop Castle | Unknown | 14th century | No remains | Private | Near Dunlop NS4273749312 | Dunlop House is built on the site | |
| Haining Place | Tower House | 16/17th centuries | Vaulted basement survives | Private | Near Kilmarnock NS45253484 | Last used as farm workers accommodation |  |
| Kerse Castle | Before 1600 | No remains | Craufurd clan | Near Hollybush |  | ||
| Kilmaurs Castle | c. 15th century | No remains | Private | Near Jocksthorn Farm, Kilmaurs | Replaced by later Kilmaurs Place | ||
| Kingencleugh Castle | L-plan tower house | 17th Century | Ornamental ruins | Private | Near Mauchline | Part of the Kingencleugh House estate |  |
| Kyle Castle | Tower castle and barmkin | 15th Century | Sparse ruins | Private | Near Muirkirk | Marquis of Bute Estates |  |
| Lainshaw Castle | Lainshaw House incorporates part of the old castle | Private | Stewarton | See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop |  | ||
| Lefnoreis Castle | Tower Castle | 15th Century | Foundations only | Great Steward of Scotland Trust | Cumnock | Sometimes known as Lochnorris | |
| Loch Doon Castle (Balloch Castle) | Late 13th century (rebuilt 1930s) | Ruined | Historic Scotland | ||||
| Loudoun Castle | Courtyard Castle | by the 1820s | Substantial ruins | Private | Near Galston | Destroyed by fire in 1941, formerly known as Windsor of the North, incorporated into a theme park between 1995 and 2010 |  |
| Mauchline Castle | Tower | 15th century | Still standing | Private | Mauchline | Also known as Abbot Hunter's Tower |  |
| Martnaham Castle | Tower | 4th & 5th centuries (King Coil) | Ruins | Private | On the south-side of Martnaham Loch | http://www.futuremuseum.co.uk/collections/people/key-people/soldiers,-sailors,-rebels-outlaws/king-coil.aspx |  |
| Newmilns Tower | Keep | 1530s | Restored and used as a residence | Private | Newmilns NS536373 | Restored in 1997 - locally referred to as The Keep |  |
| Polkelly Castle | Tower | 14th century | Removed | Private | Near Polkelly Hall | Ruins used to build a road in the 1850s | |
| Ravenscraig Castle | Before 1604 | Ruined | See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop |  | |||
| Riccarton Castle | Before 1297 | No remains | A commemorative plaque is at the fire station | ||||
| Robertland Castle | Tower | 16th century | The motte and a few stones remain. Robertland House was built from its remains. | Private | Near Stewarton | ||
| Rowallan Castle | 16th century | Intact | limited access Historic Scotland | Near Kilmarnock NS43474242 | In the grounds of a Golfing development. | _Castle_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1356966.jpg.webp) | |
| Sorn Castle | Tower house | 1409 | Expanded 1909, in use as a hotel | Private | NS548269 |  | |
| Templehouse Fortalice | No remains | Stewarton | See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop | ||||
| Terringzean Castle, East Ayrshire | c. 1696 | Substantial ruins | Private | Near Auchinleck | In the grounds of Dumfries House |  | |
| Trabboch Castle | L-plan Tower House | 14th century | Ruin | Private | Near Stair | Much of the stone used to build the nearby farm |  |
Notes
References
- 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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