Auchencloigh Castle Auchencloigh Castle or Auchincloigh Castle ( NGR NS 4945 1666 ) is a ruined fortification near the Burnton Burn , lying within the feudal lands of the Craufurd Clan , situated in the Parish of Ochiltree , East Ayrshire , Scotland . No description or accurate pictorial representation of Auchencloigh castle seems to have survived . The site of the castle is on a mound and in 1978 some of its walls were standing at a height of between 0 . 6 and 1 . 6m and several feet in thick in a few places . The walls formed a rectangle and the interior seems to have been subdivided into several small rooms . Auchencloigh mayy oonce have been part of a chain of fortalices forming a defensive line , including Drongan and Martnaham castles . The ruins of this medieval tower are of whinstone and were lime mortared and lie 100 metres to the east of the Auchencloigh Farm . No dating evidence has been found , however an early date is suggested by the thickness of the walls . A 15th century date has been suggested by one author . Auchincloigh Farm was located nearby with a belt of woodland . The site of the castle is scheduled under the ' Ancient Mounuments and Archaeological Areas Act , 1979 ' . A William Wallace of Auchincloych was a witness to a precept by James Lord Torphicen in favour of John Chalmer of Inchgotrick in 1579 . In 1578 William and James Cuninghame of Polquharne ( sic ) granted the lands of Burntoun within their lands of Easter Polquharne to John Cuninghame , son of the said James . These lands were contiguous or inclusive of Auchencloigh . Cartographic evidence . Robert Gordon ' s map of circa 1635 - 52 marks the castle of E . Achincloich ( sic ) to the East of Belston Loch . The Blaeu map of circa 1654 taken from Timothy Pont ' s map of circa 1600 shows an intact East Achincloich Castle ( sic ) , smaller than the nearby Kerse Castle , with wooded grounds , a pale or fence to the south and bounded to the north , west and east by water courses . A Drumsmodda Loch lay to the west , now known as Belston Loch . A West Achincloich dwelling is also shown . Molls map of 1745 shows a dwelling at Achincloich ( sic ) lying to the east of a small loch , but no castle . Roy ' s map of 1747 records an Achincloich , not as a castle . Armstrong ' s map of 1775 shows an Auchencloigh Castle as a ruin . In 1821 the castle is clearly shown as a ruin . In 1820 Thomson ' s map shows an Auchencloigh ( castle ruins ) . Micro history . The area around the site of the castle and old farm was the site of a large opencast mine , however it is now restored to agricultural use . The name derives from the Gaelic " achadh " meaning field and " cloiche " meaning stone . The placenames ' Auchencloich ' and ' Auchencloy ' are found elsewhere in Scotland . A hamlet named Auchencloigh is located in the parish of Sorn . Auchencloigh Lodge is a house located on the entrance drive to the old farm . There is a clearly defined 17th century type holloway that follows the Roman road as far as Auchencloigh near to Old Polquhairn , probably the same road shown on Armstrong ' s map of 1775 running from Bank ( present Bankglen on the New Cumnock - Dalmellington road ) over to the present Littlemill . It has a heavy cobbled bottom with clay on top .