Castles · Scottish Highlands

Kilmaurs Castle

Kilmaurs Castle — castle in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK.

Kilmaurs Castle is a castle in highlands. Wikipedia notes: "Kilmaurs Castle was located on the lands of Jocksthorn Farm, near Kilmaurs in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It is described by Timothy Pont in the early 17th century as 'Ye castell is ane ancient ftronge building belonging to ye Earls of Glencairne environed with a fair park called Carmell wod from ye vatter of Carmell yat runs by it.' Dobie goes on to state that 'The old baronial manor place is supposed to have been situated about a mile south-east of Kilmaurs, where some ruins can still be pointed out on the farm of Jakisthorn or Jock's-thorn, probably the original Villam de Cuninghame - the first possession of the family.' The castle is not to be confused with the later Cunninghame family possession known as Kilmaurs Place which Dobie calls '..comparatively modern' in 1876.". Coordinates 55.6354°, -4.5114°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates: 55.6354, -4.5114

Sources

wikidata: Q15238474 (CC0)
wikipedia: Kilmaurs Castle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
commons: Kilmaurs Castle site with field clearance stones, Jocksthorn Farm.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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