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Thomaston Castle

Scotland · 13th century

Founded
c. 1250
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Location
South Ayrshire
Coordinates
55.3483°, -4.77737°
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Thomaston Castle in Scotland
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Description

Thomaston Castle is a medieval castle located west of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It looks much as it did hundreds of years ago. Little has changed, except for the addition of a house located on the property. The castle is run down and has debris falling in on it.

Thomaston Castle was originally built in the 13th century for a nephew of Robert The Bruce, and first owned by Alan McIlvaine (b. 1500 in Ayrshire) whose family supplied wine to the Earls Kennedy, owners of nearby Culzean Castle. Upon his death, Thomaston passed to Patrick McIlvaine on his marriage to Isobel Kennedy, a daughter of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis.

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

In the rankings

Thomaston Castle ranks #7,377 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #217 of the 225 mapped in Scotland. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Glasgow, 66 km away. See how Scotland compares in the castle statistics.

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