What is recorded here

Old Monk Castle stands in Dalry, North Ayrshire, as a seventeenth-century lairds house rather than a genuine monastery. The false name suggests a forgotten monk or a proud joke by a local laird, while the solid walls record ordinary human ambition.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dalry, Old Monk Castle as Lairds House (17th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Old Monk Castle in Dalry was built in the 17th century and served as a laird's house, reflecting the domestic architecture and social structure of rural Scotland during that period. Its preservation contributes to understanding the history of the Dalry area.

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