page_title: Castle and Barony of Robertland
section_title: Robertland and the suffragettes
hierarchical_section_title: Castle and Barony of Robertland / History / Robertland house and estate / Robertland and the suffragettes
caption_attribution_description: English: Robertland house and old castle site, Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
context_page_description: The Castle and Barony of Robertland is located near Stewarton, off the B769 road, in the old district of Cunninghame, Parish of Stewarton, and now part of East Ayrshire, Scotland.
context_section_description: On Friday, 12 March 1914 as the house was empty and awaiting a buyer, two suffragettes broke in through a conservatory window and set the building alight. The Fire Brigade had much trouble obtaining water and the front was burnt out. The rear wing and outbuildings were saved and the front was rebuilt.
  The suffragettes left two postcards indicating that this was done as revenge for acts carried out against Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst and to help force the church to act independently against the state on this issue of votes for women (Milligan). The footprints were followed through the snow towards Fulshaw where they had parked a car and made good their escape towards Glasgow. The event caught the national press at the time.
caption: Robertland house and the old castle site
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