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 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
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
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

• Castles in Scotland
• List of castles in Scotland
• List of listed buildings in South 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

External links

• Video footage of Carleton Castle