Ayr Castle

Ayr Castle is an abandoned castle in Ayr in the Scottish administrative division of South Ayrshire . It was once considered a royal castle, but nothing is left of it today.

history

1197, King William the Lion built the castle and in 1205 he created a Burgh in Ayr. The castle was captured by the troops of the Norwegian king Håkon Håkonsson in 1263 .

Robert the Bruce had the castle, which had been captured by the English under the leadership of Henry Percy, 1st Baron Percy , burned down. In 1542 the rebuilt castle was garrisoned by French troops and appears to have been demolished between 1650 and 1651 before it was taken by Oliver Cromwell .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Ayr Castle . In: Canmore . RCAHMS. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
^ John Lawrie: The History of the Wars in Scotland: From the Battle of the Grampian Hills in the Year 85 to the Battle of Culloden in the Year 1746 . W. Darling, Edinburgh 1783. p. 25.

55.465 -4.6355Coordinates: 55 ° 27 '54 " N , 4 ° 38' 7.8" W.

[Canmore-1] Ayr Castle . In: Canmore . RCAHMS. Retrieved February 10, 2017.

[Lawrie25-2] John Lawrie: The History of the Wars in Scotland: From the Battle of the Grampian Hills in the Year 85 to the Battle of Culloden in the Year 1746 . W. Darling, Edinburgh 1783. p. 25.