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Ardstinchar Castle is a late medieval stronghold situated in South Ayrshire, Scotland, dating from the fifteenth or sixteenth century. The castle comprises a substantial stone tower house with defensive characteristics typical of its period, positioned to command the surrounding landscape and settlements. Though now ruined, the surviving structure demonstrates the architectural conventions of lowland Scottish castles of the early modern period. The site reflects the regional power structures of Ayrshire during a period of significant political and social change in southwest Scotland.
Ardstinchar Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM311. View the official record →
Ardstinchar Castle is a late medieval stronghold situated in South Ayrshire, Scotland, dating from the fifteenth or sixteenth century. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM311.
Ardstinchar Castle is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM311.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Garleffin,standing stones and mesolithic settlement (0.8 km), Balig,enclosure (2.9 km), Balig,earthwork 530m WSW of (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Ardstinchar Castle's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Ardstinchar Castle stands on Cambrian And Ordovician Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.