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
Barr Castle	Tower house	15th century	In use as a Masonic Lodge with a museum	Masonic Lodge	Galston NS501364	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.
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

See also

• Castles in Scotland
• List of castles in Scotland
• List of listed buildings in East Ayrshire

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