Auchans Castle
South Ayrshire, South AyrshireScotland
Castle in South Ayrshire, Scotland
Key Information
Construction
17th century
Castle Type
Tower House
Current Status
Ruin
Historical Overview
Auchans Castle, House, House of Auchans or Old Auchans, is a mock military mansion, Category A listed, T-plan building of a late 16th-century date converted to the L-plan during the early-to-mid-17th century; its ruins stand about 1 km W of Dundonald, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Parish of Dundonald. It was held at various times by the Wallace, Cochrane and Montgomerie families.
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