List of castles in South Ayrshire

This is a list of castles in South Ayrshire.

List

Name Type Date Condition Ownership Location Notes Picture
Ardstinchar CastleRuin
Auchans CastleTower House17th centuryRuinPrivateDundonald
NS3548034599		Onetime home to Lady Susanna Montgomerie and visited by Dr Samuel Johnson & James BoswellA view from the south-east of Auchans Castle
Baltersan CastleRuin
Barnweill Castle16th centuryMoat onlyPrivateCraigieThe remains of Barnweill Church lie nearbyRemains of Barnweill Castle
Barr CastleLodge St Peter 331Galston
NS3468058156		Barr Castle in 1800
Blairquhan CastleHistoric house1824OccupiedPrivateNS3653105468
Craigie CastleKeep13th centuryRuinCraigie
NS4084831699		One time home of the Wallace familyThe keep of Craigie Castle
Crosbie CastleKeep14th centuryRuinSouth Ayrshire CouncilTroonDemolished by the Fullarton of Fullarton family and made into an ice houseRuins of Crosbie Castle, Troon
Culzean CastleHistoric house1792PreservedNational Trust for ScotlandNS2325410253Incorporates an older tower house
Dundonald CastleRuinHistoric ScotlandDundonald
NS3637234511
Dunduff CastleL-shaped TowerCirca 1696RestoredPrivateDunure
NS2719216370		Held by the Stewarts and then the WhitefordsDunduff Castle from the south
Dunure CastleKeep15th centuryRuinMarquess of AilsaDunure
NS250158
Fail CastleTower16th centurySparse remainsPrivateTarbolton
NS4212928654		Modified part of Fail Monastery
Glenapp CastleOccupiedNX0935480711
Greenan CastleRuinNS3118719324
Killochan Castle1581OccupiedNear Girvan
Maybole Castle1560OccupiedMaybole
Penkill Castle16th centuryOccupiedNX2315398535
Sundrum CastleOccupiedNS4107421260
Thomaston CastleRuinNS2399309532
Turnberry CastleRuinNS1966507245

See also

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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