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Portencross Castle

Scotland · 11th century

Founded
c. 1050
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Location
North Ayrshire
Coordinates
55.6994°, -4.90495°
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Portencross Castle in Scotland
Photo: Rosser1954 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Portencross Castle, also known historically as Portincross Castle, is situated in Portencross, on the west coast of Scotland, about 3 km from West Kilbride. The site has been fortified since the 11th Century. The present tower castle is thought to date from the mid-14th Century and later. It remained in use until it was unroofed by a great storm in 1739 and gradually became ruinous. The castle was designated as a scheduled monument in 1955.

The castle was one of the buildings featured in the 2004 series of the BBC television programme Restoration and was the subject of efforts by a local community group to secure its future.

Text adapted from “Portencross Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Portencross Castle ranks #6,707 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #205 of the 225 mapped in Scotland. Founded c. 1050, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 439 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Glasgow, 45 km away. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.

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