Auchans Castle, Dundonald

Name: Auchans Castle
Address: Dundonald, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Dundonald

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Auchans Castle, House, House of Auchans or Old Auchans, is a mock military mansion, Category A listed, T-plan building of a late 16th-century date converted to the L-plan during the early-to-mid-17th century; its ruins stand about 1 km W of Dundonald, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Parish of Dundonald. It was held at various times by the Wallace, Cochrane and Montgomerie families. ()

Alternative names: Built: XVI centuryCoordinates: 55°34'38"N, 4°36'41"W

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Day trips

Auchans Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Irvine Harbour, Dundonald Castle, The Big Idea Museum, Fullarton Fairy Trail.

3.6 miNW
Archaeological site
Irvine Harbour, Irvine
92 min walk • The harbours serving Irvine at Seagatefoot and Fullarton in North Ayrshire have had a long and complex history. Irvine's harbour was one of the most important ports in Scotland in the 16th century.
0.5 miE
Monolithic medieval hilltop castle ruins
Dundonald Castle, Dundonald
14 min walk • Dundonald Castle is situated on a hill overlooking the village of Dundonald, between Kilmarnock and Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Dundonald Castle is a fortified tower house built for Robert II on his accession to the throne of Scotland in 1371 and it was used as a royal residence by Robert II and his son Robert III.
3.9 miNW
Museum
The Big Idea Museum
100 min walk • The Big Idea was a science centre located in the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Located on the former Nobel Explosives manufacturing site on the Ardeer Peninsula, a new science and learning centre was planned in 2000 by the Millennium Commission, to celebrate the history of invention and inventors.
2.9 miS
55°32'9"N • 4°37'36"W
Fullarton Fairy Trail, Troon
75 min walk • Forest, Hiking, Park
3.7 miS
Golf
Royal Troon Golf Club
94 min walk • Royal Troon Golf Club is a links golf course in Scotland, located in Troon, South Ayrshire, southwest of Glasgow.
3.6 miNW
Forts and castles
Seagate Castle, Irvine
92 min walk • Seagate Castle is a castle in North Ayrshire, in the town of Irvine, close to the River Irvine, Scotland. The castle was formerly a stronghold, a town house, and later a dower house of the Montgomery Clan.
3.8 miSE
Forts and castles
Craigie Castle
97 min walk • Craigie Castle, in the old Barony of Craigie, is a ruined fortification situated about 4 miles southeast of Kilmarnock and 1 mile southeast of Craigie village, in the Civil Parish of Craigie, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
2.2 miSW
Golf
Kilmarnock Golf Club
56 min walk • Kilmarnock Golf Club is a golf club and course in Barassie on the west coast of Scotland. Formed as Ossington Golf Club in 1887, the first course was at Holmes Farm in Kilmarnock. The Club quickly became Kilmarnock Golf Club. The club moved to Barassie in the 1890s.
3.4 miNW
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Scottish Maritime Museum, Irvine
87 min walk • The Scottish Maritime Museum is an industrial museum with a Collection Recognised as Nationally Significant to Scotland. It is located at two sites in the West of Scotland in Irvine and Dumbarton, with a focus on Scotland's shipbuilding heritage.
3 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Trindlemoss Loch, Irvine
76 min walk • Trindlemoss Loch, Scott's / Scot's Loch or the Loch of Irvine was situated in a low-lying area running from Ravenspark to near Stanecastle and down to Lockwards, now represented only by the playing fields off Bank Street in the Parish of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland.
2.3 miNE
Bridge
Laigh Milton Viaduct
59 min walk • Laigh Milton Viaduct is a railway viaduct near Laigh Milton mill to the west of Gatehead in East Ayrshire, Scotland, about five miles west of Kilmarnock.