List of Castles in Scotland

East Ayrshire

Name	Type	Date	Condition	Ownership	Location	Notes
Aiket Castle			Restored and used as a residence	Private	Near Dunlop	See Barony of Aiket
Auchencloigh Castle	Tower House	15th century	Scant remains	Private	Near Sinclairston
Barr Castle	Tower house	15th century	In use as a Masonic Lodge with a museum	Masonic Lodge	Galston NS501366	Also known as Lockhart Tower
Busbie Castle	Tower house	14th century	Scant remains	Garden of residence	Knockentiber	Demolished in the 1950s
Caprington Castle	Tower house	15th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	Near Kilmarnock NS407362	Extended to form a baronial house in the 1830s
Carnell Castle	Tower house	15th century	Still in use as a residence and hotel	Private	NS467322	Extended to form a baronial house in 1843
Cessnock Castle	Tower house	13th century	Restored as a residence	Private	Galston NS510355
Corsehill Castle	Tower house		Ruined	Private	Stewarton NS416467	See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
Craufurdland Castle	Tower house	14th century	Still in use as a residence	Private	Near Kilmarnock NS455407	Extended to form a gothic house in the 19th century
Dean Castle	Courtyard Castle	14th century	Restored as a museum	East Ayrshire Council	Kilmarnock NS436394	Restored 1935-6
Dunlop Castle			No remains	Private	Near Dunlop village
Kerse Castle			No remains	Private	Near Hollybush
Kilmaurs Castle			No remains	Private	Near Jocksthorn Farm, Kilmaurs	Replaced by later Kilmaurs Place
Kingencleugh Castle	'L' Shaped Tower castle	17th Century	Ornamental ruins	Private	Near Mauchline	Part of the Kingencleugh House estate
Lainshaw Castle			Lainshaw House incorporates part of the old castle	Private	Stewarton	See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
Lochdoon Castle			Ruined	Historic Scotland
Loudoun Castle	Courtyard Castle	by the 1820s	Substantial ruins	Private	Near Galston	Destroyed by fire in 1941, formerly known as Windsor of the North, incorporated into a theme park between 1995–2010
Mauchline Castle			Still standing	Private	Mauchline town
Martnaham Castle	Tower	15th century	Ruins	Private	On an island in Martnaham Loch
Newmilns Tower	Keep	1530s	Restored and used as a residence	Private	Newmilns	Restored in 1997 - locally referred to as The Keep
Polkelly Castle	Tower	14th century	Removed	Private	Near Polkelly Hall	Ruins used to build a road in the 1850s
Ravenscraig Castle			Ruined			See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
Riccarton Castle			No remains			A commemorative plaque is at the fire station
Robertland Castle	Tower	16th century	The motte and a few stones remain. Robertland House was built from its remains.	Private	Near Stewarton
Rowallan Castle			Still standing	limited access Historic Scotland	Near Kilmarnock	In the grounds of a Golfing development.
Sorn Castle
Templehouse Fortalice			No remains		Stewarton	See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop
Terringzean Castle, East Ayrshire			Substantial ruins	Private	Near Auchinleck	In the grounds of Dumfries House
Trabboch Castle	L-plan Tower House	14th century	Ruin	Private	Near Stair	Much of the stone used to build the nearby farm