Trabboch Castle
#4938 among destinations in the United Kingdom
Facts and practical information
Trabboch Castle is a ruined L-plan tower house in the old Barony of Trabboch, Parish of Stair, East Ayrshire, Scotland. ()
ScotlandUnited Kingdom
Trabboch Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Dumfries House, Bachelors' Club, Fail Monastery, Lochend Loch.
Architecture, History museum, MuseumDumfries House, Cumnock
132 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.
Museum, Historical placeBachelors' Club, Ayr
105 min walk • The Bachelors' Club is a National Trust for Scotland museum located at 1 Sandgate Street, Tarbolton, KA5 5RB. The upstairs room was the largest in Tarbolton and was used for a number of social events.
MonasteryFail Monastery
132 min walk • Fail Monastery, occasionally known as Failford Abbey, had a dedication to 'Saint Mary', and was located at Fail on the bank of the Water of Fail, Parish of Tarbolton near the town of Tarbolton, South Ayrshire.
Nature, Natural attraction, LakeLochend Loch, Coylton
73 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.
Forts and castlesMauchline Castle, Mauchline
115 min walk • Mauchline Castle, also known as Abbot Hunter's Tower, is a rectangular tower house dating from the fifteenth century, in Mauchline, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Nature, Natural attraction, LakeFail Loch
133 min walk • Fail Loch or Faile Loch was situated in a low-lying area near the old monastery of Fail in the Parish of Tarbolton, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The old Lochlea Loch lies nearby and its waters still feed into Fail Loch via the Mill Burn.
Forts and castlesSorn Castle
169 min walk • Sorn Castle is located by the River Ayr just outside the village of Sorn in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The castle comprises a medieval tower house, which was extended over the years, and remodelled in the Scots Baronial style by David Bryce in the 1860s.
Nature, Natural attraction, LakeLoch Fergus
113 min walk • Loch Fergus is a freshwater post-glacial "Kettle Hole" sometimes recorded as Fergus Loch. It is quite visible and is situated in a low-lying area close to the B742 road between the farms and dwellings of Trees, Lochfergus and Bowmanston in the Parish of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
Nature, Natural attraction, CaveWallace's Cave
73 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.
Forts and castlesKerse Castle
116 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.
Nature, Natural attraction, CavePeden's Cave
61 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.
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