Auchencloigh Castle
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Auchencloigh Castle or Auchincloigh Castle is a ruined fortification near the Burnton Burn, lying within the feudal lands of the Craufurd Clan, situated in the Parish of Ochiltree, East Ayrshire, Scotland. ()
ScotlandUnited Kingdom
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Nearby attractions include: Dumfries House, Scottish Industrial Railway Centre, Lochend Loch, Terringzean Castle.
- 3.7 miNEArchitecture, History museum, Museum
Dumfries House, Cumnock
95 min walk • Dumfries House is a Palladian country house in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located within a large estate, around two miles west of Cumnock.
- 6.1 miSWMuseum, Scenic railroads, Tours
Scottish Industrial Railway Centre, Ayr
156 min walk • The Scottish Industrial Railway Centre is an industrial heritage museum operated by the Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group. The centre owns a number of standard gauge steam locomotives and diesel locomotives as well as some narrow gauge items and an extensive collection of photographs.
- 5.5 miWNature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lochend Loch, Coylton
139 min walk • Lochend Loch, which once had nearly three acres in surface area is now only a small freshwater loch remnant. It lies in the South Ayrshire Council Area, lying on the hill above Joppa, between Gallowhill and Lochend Farm.
- 5.1 miNEForts and castles
Terringzean Castle, Cumnock
132 min walk • Terringzean Castle, also Taringzean, pronounced 'Tringan', is a Category B listed castle ruin lying above the River Lugar and the Terringzean Holm in the policies of Dumfries House, Parish of Cumnock, Scotland.
- 5.5 miNEBridge
Woodroad Viaduct, Cumnock
141 min walk • The Woodroad Viaduct, also known as Bank Viaduct or Templand Viaduct, is a viaduct carrying the Glasgow South Western Line over the Lugar Water at Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
- 4.1 miNNature, Natural attraction, Cave
Wallace's Cave
106 min walk • Wallace's Cave in the Lugar Gorge at Auchinleck in the Parish of Auchinleck is an 18th-century grotto contemporary with Dr Johnson's Summerhouse, also located on the Auchinleck Estate.
- 3.8 miSWForts and castles
Kerse Castle
97 min walk • Kerse Castle or Carse Castle is a ruined fortification once held by the Craufurd Clan, situated in the Parish of Dalrymple, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
- 4.3 miNNature, Natural attraction, Cave
Peden's Cave
111 min walk • Peden's Cave is at least partly artificial and is set into a craggy outcrop of red sandstone rocks overlooking the River Lugar just below the farm of Auchinbay in East Ayrshire, Scotland, close to the town of Ochiltree.
- 5.2 miEBridge
Glaisnock Viaduct, Cumnock
133 min walk • The Glaisnock Viaduct or Caponacre Viaduct is a viaduct over the Glaisnock Water, on the former Glasgow and South Western Railway. It is located in Cumnock, East Ayrshire.
- 3.6 miNWForts and castles
Trabboch Castle
92 min walk • Trabboch Castle is a ruined L-plan tower house in the old Barony of Trabboch, Parish of Stair, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
- 5.5 miNMemorial
Ballochmyle cup and ring marks
142 min walk • The Ballochmyle cup and ring marks were first recorded at Ballochmyle, Mauchline, East Ayrshire, Scotland in 1986, very unusually carved on a vertical red sandstone cliff face, forming one of the most extensive areas of such carvings as yet found in Britain. They have been designated a scheduled monument.