List of castles in North Ayrshire

This is a list of castles in North Ayrshire.

List

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes	Picture
Ailsa Craig Castle	Tower		Ruin	Private	Off Girvan
Ardrossan Castle			Ruin		Ardrossan	Accessible to the public
Auchenharvie Castle			Ruin	Private	Near Torranyard	A dangerous site
Hill of Beith Castle	Tower	17th century	Foundations only	Private	Beith	Demolished in the 1750s
Broadstone Castle			No remains	Private	Beith	Demolished in 1850 to build the nearby farm
Brodick Castle	Historic House			National Trust for Scotland	Isle of Arran
Clonbeith Castle			Ruin	Private farm	Near Auchentiber
Cloncaird Castle			Historic Castle	Private	by Maybole
Little Cumbrae Castle	Tower	16th century	Ruin	Private	Near Cumbrae Island
Cunninghamhead Castle			No remains	Private	Near Irvine
Eglinton Castle			Ruin	North Ayrshire Council	Irvine	Now Eglinton Country Park
Fairlie Castle	Tower	15th century	Ruin	Private	Fairlie
Giffen castle			No remains	Private	Near Barrmill	Parts of it are incorporated into Barrmill Mill
Glengarnock Castle	Tower		Ruin	Private	Kilbirnie
Hessilhead Castle			Scant remains	Private	Near Lugton	A Wildlife Rescue Centre occupies part of the old estate
Kelburn Castle						Castle open
Kerelaw Castle			Ruin	North Ayrshire Council	Saltcoats	Fenced off - dangerous
Kersland Castle	Tower	15th century	Ruin	Private	Near Dalry	Located at Easter Kersland Farm
Kilbirnie Place	Tower	14th century	Ruin	Private	Near Kilbirnie	On a golf course
Kildonan Castle		13th century
Law Castle		15th century
Lochranza Castle (Arran Island)				Historic Scotland	Lochranza NR935505
Monkcastle			Ruin	Private	Near Kilwinning
Montfode Castle	Fortified tower	16th century	Mostly demolished	Private	Near Ardrossan	One tower and a short section of wall remain
Montgreenan Castle			Ruin	Private	Near Kilwinning	Montgreenan House is nearby. Also known as the 'Bishop's Palace'
Pitcon	Fortified tower		Demolished	Private	Near Dalry	An 18th-century mansion is now present near the site
Portencross Castle
Roughwood Tower	Fortified tower	15th century	Demolished	Private	Near Beith	A farm with old outbuildings is on the site
Seagate Castle	Fortified townhouse	16th century	Ruin	North Ayrshire Council	In Irvine	access on Doors Open Days only
Shewalton Castle	Fortified tower		Demolished	Private	Irvine	The castle was demolished in 1806 and a mansion house built on the site, also now demolished.
Skelmorlie Castle	Tower	16th century	Inhabited	Private	Near Largs	Much altered
Stanecastle			Substantial ruin	North Ayrshire Council	Stanecastle, Irvine	Accessible and well maintained

See also

• Castles in Scotland
• List of castles in Scotland
• List of listed buildings in North Ayrshire

References

• Coventry, Martin (2001) The Castles of Scotland, 3rd Ed. Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7
• Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4
• Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press