Barony and Castle of Corsehill, Stewarton

Name: Barony and Castle of Corsehill
Address: Stewarton, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Stewarton

Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture

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Barony and Castle of Corsehill, Stewarton

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The old Barony and castle of Corsehill lay within the feudal Baillerie of Cunninghame, near Stewarton, now East Ayrshire, Scotland. ()

Built: XVI centuryCoordinates: 55°41'12"N, 4°31'9"W

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Stewarton United Kingdom

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Barony and Castle of Corsehill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Dean Castle, Kilmaurs Place, Lands of Lainshaw, Chapeltoun.

4.6 miS
Wooded park around 14th century castle
Dean Castle, Kilmarnock
118 min walk • Dean Castle is situated in the Dean Castle Country Park in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the stronghold for the Boyd Family, who were lords of Kilmarnock for over 400 years.
3.6 miS
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Kilmaurs Place, Kilmaurs
92 min walk • Kilmaurs Place, The Place or Kilmaurs House, is an old mansion house and the ruins of Kilmaurs Tower grid reference NS41234112 are partly incorporated, Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
0.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Lands of Lainshaw, Stewarton
24 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.
2 miSW
Archaeological site
Chapeltoun
52 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.
4.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Blae Loch
111 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.
1.2 miNW
Village, Forts and castles
Dunlop
32 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.
0.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Lainshaw Castle, Stewarton
24 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.
2.6 miE
Forts and castles
Polkelly Castle
66 min walk • Polkelly Castle, also Pokelly, was an ancient castle located near Fenwick, at NS 4568 4524, in the medieval free Barony of Polkelly, lying north of Kilmarnock, Parish of Fenwick, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
2.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Barony of Aiket
58 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.
2.2 miSW
Archaeological site
Saw pit
56 min walk • A saw pit or sawpit is a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed with a long two-handled saw by two people, one standing above the timber and the other below. It was used for producing sawn planks from tree trunks, which could then be cut down into boards, pales, posts, etc.
2.4 miN
Stela
Thurgartstone
61 min walk • 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.