# List of castles in East Ayrshire

This is a list of castles in East Ayrshire.

## List

| Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes |
| Aiket Castle | Tower house | Late 15th century | Restored and used as a residence | Private | NS387487 Near Dunlop | See Barony of Aiket |
| Auchencloigh Castle | Tower House | 15th century | Scant remains | Private | Near Sinclairston | |
| Barr Castle | Tower house | 15th century | In use as a Masonic Lodge with a museum | Masonic Lodge | Galston NS501364 | Also known as Lockhart Tower |
| Borland Castle | Tower Castle | 15th Century | No remains | Private | Cumnock | |
| Busbie Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Scant remains | Garden of residence | Knockentiber | Demolished in the 1950s |
| Caprington Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Still in use as a residence | Private | Near Kilmarnock NS407362 | Extended to form a baronial house in the 1830s |
| Carnell Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Still in use as a residence and hotel | Private | NS467322 | Extended to form a baronial house in 1843 |
| Cessnock Castle | Tower house | 13th century | Restored as a residence | Private | Galston NS510355 | |
| Corsehill Castle | Tower house | | Ruined | Private | Stewarton NS416467 | See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop |
| Craufurdland Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Still in use as a residence | Private | Near Kilmarnock NS455407 | Extended to form a gothic house in the 19th century |
| Dallars Castle | Tower House | 15th century | Replaced by a mansion house | Private | Hurlford NS463337 | Known for a time as Auchenskeith. Held by the Cuninghams for many years |
| Dean Castle | Courtyard Castle | 14th century | Restored as a museum | East Ayrshire Council | Kilmarnock NS436394 | Restored 1935-6 |
| Dunlop Castle | Unknown | 14th century | No remains | Private | Near Dunlop NS4273749312 | Dunlop House is built on the site |
| Haining Place | Tower House | 16/17th centuries | Vaulted basement survives | Private | Near Kilmarnock NS45253484 | Last used as farm workers accommodation |
| Kerse Castle | | Before 1600 | No remains | Craufurd clan | Near Hollybush | |
| Kilmaurs Castle | | c. 15th century | No remains | Private | Near Jocksthorn Farm, Kilmaurs | Replaced by later Kilmaurs Place |
| Kingencleugh Castle | L-plan tower house | 17th Century | Ornamental ruins | Private | Near Mauchline | Part of the Kingencleugh House estate |
| Kyle Castle | Tower castle and barmkin | 15th Century | Sparse ruins | Private | Near Muirkirk | Marquis of Bute Estates |
| Lainshaw Castle | | | Lainshaw House incorporates part of the old castle | Private | Stewarton | See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop |
| Lefnoreis Castle | Tower Castle | 15th Century | Foundations only | Great 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 Castle | by the 1820s | Substantial ruins | Private | Near Galston | Destroyed by fire in 1941, formerly known as Windsor of the North, incorporated into a theme park between 1995 and 2010 |
| Mauchline Castle | Tower | 15th century | Still standing | Private | Mauchline | Also known as Abbot Hunter's Tower |
| Martnaham Castle | Tower | 4th & 5th centuries (King Coil) | Ruins | Private | On the south-side of Martnaham Loch | http://www.futuremuseum.co.uk/collections/people/key-people/soldiers,-sailors,-rebels-outlaws/king-coil.aspx |
| Newmilns Tower | Keep | 1530s | Restored and used as a residence | Private | Newmilns NS536373 | Restored in 1997 - locally referred to as The Keep |
| Polkelly Castle | Tower | 14th century | Removed | Private | Near Polkelly Hall | Ruins used to build a road in the 1850s |
| Ravenscraig Castle | | Before 1604 | Ruined | | | See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop |
| Riccarton Castle | | Before 1297 | No remains | | | A commemorative plaque is at the fire station |
| Robertland Castle | Tower | 16th century | The motte and a few stones remain. Robertland House was built from its remains. | Private | Near Stewarton | |
| Rowallan Castle | | 16th century | Intact | limited access Historic Scotland | Near Kilmarnock NS43474242 | In the grounds of a Golfing development. |
| Sorn Castle | Tower house | 1409 | Expanded 1909, in use as a hotel | Private | NS548269 | |
| Templehouse Fortalice | | | No remains | | Stewarton | See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop |
| Terringzean Castle, East Ayrshire | | c. 1696 | Substantial ruins | Private | Near Auchinleck | In the grounds of Dumfries House |
| Trabboch Castle | L-plan Tower House | 14th century | Ruin | Private | Near Stair | Much of the stone used to build the nearby farm |