Broadstone Castle

Broadstone Hall near the former castle

Broadstone Castle (also Braidstone Castle ) is an abandoned castle in Barrmill in the Scottish administrative division of North Ayrshire .

history

Broadstone Farm, formerly called Hillhead .

The 15th-century castle ruins remained until about 1850, but when the Broadstonehall Farm buildings were rebuilt, the castle ruins were demolished and its building blocks used in construction. The Broadstone Crags , where the castle once stood, have been preserved despite the quarry work. An avenue and traces of a garden also survived until the farm was built. Your location was identified by Mr. W. Kerr of Broadstonehall in 1855.

Individual evidence

1. ^ S. Porterfield: Rambles Round Beith . Pilot Press, Baith 1925. p. 31.
2. ↑ James Paterson: History of the Counties of Ayrs and Wigton . Volume IV. Part 1: Cuninghame. James Stillie, Edinburgh 1866. p. 80.

Web links

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Coordinates: 55 ° 44 ′ 33.4 "  N , 4 ° 36 ′ 39.2"  W.