Thomaston Castle
| Thomaston Castle | ||
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 Ruin of Thomaston Castle |
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| Creation time : | 13th Century | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg (Tower House) | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Scottish nobility | |
| Construction: | Ashlar | |
| Place: | Maybole | |
| Geographical location | 55 ° 20 '53.8 " N , 4 ° 46' 38.4" W | |
| Height: | 82 m ASLTemplate: height / unknown reference | |
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Thomaston Castle is the ruins of a medieval lowland castle ( Tower House ) west of Maybole in Scotland administrative unit South Ayrshire . For the most part, it still looks the same today as it did hundreds of years ago. Little has changed, only a house has been added to the property. The castle is now falling into disrepair; Bricks of masonry tumble into the yard.
Thomaston Castle is a Scheduled Monument .
history
The castle was built in the 13th century for a nephew of King Robert the Bruce . It then belonged to Alan McIlvaine (* 1500 in Ayrshire), whose family supplied wine to the Earls Kennedy , the owners of the nearby Culzean Castle . After his death, Thomaston Castle fell to Patrick McIlvaine when he married Isobel Kennedy , niece of the Earl of Cassilis .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on Thomaston Castle in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Thomaston Castle, Ayrshire . The Chatelaine's Scottish Castles. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
