List of castles in East Ayrshire

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This is a list of castles in East Ayrshire.

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NameTypeDateConditionOwnershipLocationNotesPicture
Aiket Castle Tower houseLate 15th centuryRestored and used as a residencePrivate NS387487 Near Dunlop See Barony of Aiket Aiketcastle.jpg
Auchencloigh Castle Tower House15th centuryScant remainsPrivateNear Sinclairston Auchencloigh Castle (Ruin) - geograph.org.uk - 398532.jpg
Barr Castle Tower house15th centuryIn use as a Masonic Lodge with a museumMasonic Lodge Galston NS501364 Also known as Lockhart Tower Barr Castle, Galston, Ayrshire.jpg
Borland Castle Tower Castle15th CenturyNo remainsPrivateCumnock
Busbie Castle Tower house14th centuryScant remainsGarden of residence Knockentiber Demolished in the 1950s Busbiecastle10.jpg
Caprington Castle Tower house15th centuryStill in use as a residencePrivateNear Kilmarnock NS407362 Extended to form a baronial house in the 1830s
Carnell Castle Tower house15th centuryStill in use as a residence and hotelPrivate NS467322 Extended to form a baronial house in 1843
Cessnock Castle Tower house13th centuryRestored as a residencePrivateGalston NS510355
Corsehill Castle Tower houseRuinedPrivate Stewarton NS416467 See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop CorsehillCastle.jpg
Craufurdland Castle Tower house14th centuryStill in use as a residencePrivateNear Kilmarnock NS455407 Extended to form a gothic house in the 19th century
Dallars Castle Tower House15th centuryReplaced by a mansion housePrivateHurlford NS463337 Known for a time as Auchenskeith. Held by the Cuninghams for many years
Dean Castle Courtyard Castle14th centuryRestored as a museum East Ayrshire Council Kilmarnock NS436394 Restored 1935-6 Dean Castle.JPG
Dunlop Castle Unknown14th centuryNo remainsPrivateNear Dunlop NS4273749312 Dunlop House is built on the site
Haining Place Tower House16/17th centuriesVaulted basement survivesPrivateNear Kilmarnock NS45253484 Last used as farm workers accommodation Haining Place, east facing aspect and southern end.JPG
Kerse Castle Before 1600No remains Craufurd clan Near Hollybush Kerse Castle, site 2.jpg
Kilmaurs Castle c. 15th centuryNo remainsPrivateNear Jocksthorn Farm, Kilmaurs Replaced by later Kilmaurs Place
Kingencleugh Castle L-plan tower house17th CenturyOrnamental ruinsPrivateNear Mauchline Part of the Kingencleugh House estate Kingencleugh Castle tower.JPG
Kyle Castle Tower castle and barmkin15th CenturySparse ruinsPrivateNear Muirkirk Marquis of Bute Estates Kyle Castle, Dalblair, East Ayrshire. View from the north-west.jpg
Lainshaw Castle Lainshaw House incorporates part of the old castlePrivate Stewarton See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop Lainshaw Castle 1779.jpg
Lefnoreis Castle Tower Castle15th CenturyFoundations onlyGreat 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 Castleby the 1820sSubstantial ruinsPrivateNear Galston Destroyed by fire in 1941, formerly known as Windsor of the North, incorporated into a theme park between 1995 and 2010 Loudoun Castle Hastings Campbell.jpg
Mauchline Castle Tower15th centuryStill standingPrivate Mauchline Also known as Abbot Hunter's Tower Mauchline Castle 1790 - Ayrshire.jpg
Martnaham Castle Tower4th & 5th centuries (King Coil)RuinsPrivateOn the south-side of Martnaham Loch http://www.futuremuseum.co.uk/collections/people/key-people/soldiers,-sailors,-rebels-outlaws/king-coil.aspx Martnaham Castle ruins, East Ayrshire.jpg
Newmilns Tower Keep 1530sRestored and used as a residencePrivate Newmilns NS536373 Restored in 1997 - locally referred to as The Keep Newmilnstower.JPG
Polkelly Castle Tower14th centuryRemovedPrivateNear Polkelly HallRuins used to build a road in the 1850s
Ravenscraig Castle Before 1604RuinedSee Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop CorsehillHouse.jpg
Riccarton Castle Before 1297No remainsA commemorative plaque is at the fire station
Robertland Castle Tower16th centuryThe motte and a few stones remain. Robertland House was built from its remains.PrivateNear Stewarton
Rowallan Castle 16th centuryIntactlimited access Historic Scotland Near Kilmarnock NS43474242 In the grounds of a Golfing development. Rowallan (Old) Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1356966.jpg
Sorn Castle Tower house1409Expanded 1909, in use as a hotelPrivate NS548269 Sorn Castle from the River Ayr Way - geograph.org.uk - 519591.jpg
Templehouse Fortalice No remains Stewarton See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
Terringzean Castle, East Ayrshire c. 1696Substantial ruinsPrivateNear Auchinleck In the grounds of Dumfries House Terringzean Castle from the west.JPG
Trabboch Castle L-plan Tower House14th centuryRuinPrivateNear Stair Much of the stone used to build the nearby farm Trabboch castle ruins from the east.jpg

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