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. ()

Built: XV centuryCoordinates: 55°25'15"N, 4°22'49"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Dumfries House, Scottish Industrial Railway Centre, Lochend Loch, Terringzean Castle.

3.7 miNE
Architecture, 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 miSW
Museum, 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 miW
Nature, 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 miNE
Forts 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 miNE
Bridge
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 miN
Nature, 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 miSW
Forts 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 miN
Nature, 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 miE
Bridge
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 miNW
Forts 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 miN
Memorial
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.