List of castles in East Ayrshire explained

This is a list of castles in East Ayrshire.

List

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
	Tower house	Late 15th century	Restored and used as a residence	Private		See Barony of Aiket
	Tower House	15th century	Scant remains	Private	Near Sinclairston
	Tower house	15th century	In use as a Masonic Lodge with a museum	Masonic Lodge		Also known as Lockhart Tower
	Tower Castle	15th Century	No remains	Private	Cumnock
	Tower house	14th century	Scant remains	Garden of residence		Demolished in the 1950s
	Tower house	15th century	Still in use as a residence	Private		Extended to form a baronial house in the 1830s
	Tower house	15th century	Still in use as a residence and hotel	Private		Extended to form a baronial house in 1843
	Tower house	13th century	Restored as a residence	Private	Galston
	Tower house		Ruined	Private		See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
	Tower house	14th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	Near Kilmarnock	Extended to form a gothic house in the 19th century
	Tower House	15th century	Replaced by a mansion house	Private	Hurlford	Known for a time as Auchenskeith. Held by the Cuninghams for many years
	Courtyard Castle	14th century	Restored as a museum		Kilmarnock	Restored 1935-6
	Unknown	14th century	No remains	Private	Near Dunlop	Dunlop House is built on the site
	Tower House	16/17th centuries	Vaulted basement survives	Private	Near Kilmarnock	Last used as farm workers accommodation
		Before 1600	No remains		Near Hollybush
		c. 15th century	No remains	Private		Replaced by later Kilmaurs Place
	L-plan tower house	17th Century	Ornamental ruins	Private		Part of the Kingencleugh House estate
	Tower castle and barmkin	15th Century	Sparse ruins	Private		Marquis of Bute Estates
			Lainshaw House incorporates part of the old castle	Private		See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
	Tower Castle	15th Century	Foundations only	Great Steward of Scotland Trust		Sometimes known as Lochnorris
Loch Doon Castle (Balloch Castle)		Late 13th century (rebuilt 1930s)	Ruined
	Courtyard Castle	by the 1820s	Substantial ruins	Private		Destroyed by fire in 1941, formerly known as Windsor of the North, incorporated into a theme park between 1995 and 2010
	Tower	15th century	Still standing	Private		Also known as Abbot Hunter's Tower
	Tower	4th & 5th centuries (King Coil)	Ruins	Private		http://www.futuremuseum.co.uk/collections/people/key-people/soldiers,-sailors,-rebels-outlaws/king-coil.aspx
		1530s	Restored and used as a residence	Private		Restored in 1997 - locally referred to as The Keep
	Tower	14th century	Removed	Private	Near Polkelly Hall	Ruins used to build a road in the 1850s
		Before 1604	Ruined			See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
		Before 1297	No remains			A commemorative plaque is at the fire station
	Tower	16th century	The motte and a few stones remain. Robertland House was built from its remains.	Private
		16th century	Intact			In the grounds of a Golfing development.
	Tower house	1409	Expanded 1909, in use as a hotel	Private
			No remains			See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
		c. 1696	Substantial ruins	Private		In the grounds of Dumfries House
	L-plan Tower House	14th century	Ruin	Private		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
• Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead
• Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press