Aryshire trail
Turnberry Castle
The exact origins of the castle are not known but are thought to pre-date the thirteenth century. More on Turnberry Castle
Culzean Castle
This is a castle now owned by the National Trust and was once the home of the Marquess of Ailsa. The present eighteenth century building designed by Robert Adam is built on the site of a previous house. The house is in a spectacular location on the cliffs above the Firth of Clyde and in extensive grounds. More on Culzean Castle
Auchans House
The ruins of this mid sixteenth century tower house and once home to the Cochran family in the late 1600's. More on Auchans House
Dundonald Castle
The remains of this castle stand on the site of an Iron Age Hillfort. Three subsequent castles have stood on the hill but nothing survives from the first twelfth century earthwork and timber structure. More on Dundonald Castle
Craigie Castle
This is a ruined twelfth or early thirteenth century castle with fifteenth century modifications and additions. More on Craigie Castle
Dunure Castle
The ruins of this thirteenth century castle built by the Clan Kennedy is located on a promontory on the Carrick coast. The remains seen today are from the fifteenth and sixteenth century. More on Dunure Castle
Greenan Castle
These are the remains of a sixteenth century tower house perched on the side of a cliff with traces of a courtyard and outbuildings. More on Greenan Castle
Dean Castle
The original keep from this castle was built in the mid-fourteenth century with the palace built in the following century. It was built by the Boyd family and Sir Robert Boyd took part with William Wallace and other Scottish nobles in fighting English forces. More on Dean Castle
Seagate Castle
This is in the town of Irvine/Irbhinn in Ayrshire. Now a ruin this fortified house was built in the sixteenth century incorporating a previous twelfth century fortress. More on Seagate Castle
Stanecastle
Stanecastle is a tower built in the fourteenth century and renovated in the eighteenth century. More on Stanecastle Castle
Eglinton Castle
The remains of the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century castle stand in Edlington Country Park which covers some 400 hectacres. The castle remains are the tower and wing façade. More on Eglinton Castle
Ardrossan Castle
The ruins of this twelfth century castle is in Ardrossan/Aird Rosain. Boat services run from Ardrossan to the Isle of Arran/Eilean Arainn. More on Ardrossan Castle
Portencross Castle
This is a castle located in Portencross/Port na Coise which is west from West Kilbride/Cille Bhrighde an lar in Ayrshire. The castle was built in the mid-fourteenth century, is now restored and open to the public between Easter and the end of September. More on Portencross Castle
Kelburn Castle
This house was originally built in the thirteenth century and remodelled in the sixteenth with further extensions in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. More on Kelburn Castle