Thurgartstone

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The Thurgartstone or Ogrestone is a prominent glacial erratic stone near Dunlop in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The Thurgartstone stands in a field at Brandleside Farm and is thought to have been a rocking stone at one time, but it no longer moves due to a build up of soil beneath. ()

Coordinates: 55°43'9"N, 4°32'23"W

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Thurgartstone – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lands of Lainshaw, Chapeltoun, Blae Loch, Caldwell.

3.1 miS
Forts and castles
Lands of Lainshaw, Stewarton
79 min walk • The Lands of Lainshaw lie in Strathannick and were part of the Lordship of Stewarton, in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Lainshaw House is a category B listed mansion, lying in a prominent position above the Annick Water and its holm in the Parish of Stewarton, Scotland.
3.8 miS
Archaeological site
Chapeltoun
96 min walk • Chapeltoun is an estate on the banks of the Annick Water in East Ayrshire, Scotland. This is a rural area famous for its milk and cheese production and the Ayrshire or Dunlop breed of cattle.
2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blae Loch
51 min walk • The Blae Loch is a small freshwater loch situated in a hollow in a low-lying area beneath Blaelochhead Hill in the Parish of Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland.
2.5 miN
Forts and castles
Caldwell
65 min walk • Caldwell is a mansion and old estate with the remains of a castle nearby. These lands lie close to the Lugton Water and the villages of Uplawmoor in East Renfrewshire and Lugton in East Ayrshire.
1.3 miS
Village, Forts and castles
Dunlop
34 min walk • Dunlop is a village and parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies on the A735, north-east of Stewarton, seven miles from Kilmarnock. The road runs on to Lugton and the B706 enters the village from Beith and Burnhouse.
3.1 miS
Forts and castles
Lainshaw Castle, Stewarton
79 min walk • Lainshaw Castle was a 15th century castle about 1.0 mile south-west of Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland, to the north of Annick Water. The castle was incorporated into Lainshaw House over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries.
2.4 miS
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Barony and Castle of Corsehill, Stewarton
61 min walk • The old Barony and castle of Corsehill lay within the feudal Baillerie of Cunninghame, near Stewarton, now East Ayrshire, Scotland.
3.9 miW
Archaeological site
The Lands of Roughwood
100 min walk • Roughwood once Ruchwood is a farm, originally a estate, possessing at one time a small tower castle. Roughwood is situated near to the town of Beith in North Ayrshire, Scotland; the lands lay within the old Lordship of Giffen.
1.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Barony of Aiket
37 min walk • The Barony of Aiket with its castle, lay within the old feudal bailiary of Cunninghame. The barony lands equate to the extant Parish of Dunlop, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
3.9 miN
Forts and castles
Auchenbathie Tower
100 min walk • Auchenbathie, Auchinbathie Tower or rarely Barcraigs Tower is a ruined fortification, a tower house, once held by the Wallace Clan of Elderslie, situated in Renfrewshire, Parish of Lochwinnoch, Scotland.
3.7 miNW
Forts and castles
Hill of Beith Castle, Beith
95 min walk • The old Barony and castle, fortalice, or tower house of Hill of Beith lay in the feudal Regality of Kilwinning, within the Baillerie of Cunninghame, and the Sherrifdom of Ayr, now the Parish of Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland.