What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunure Castle as Castle (14th Century) - (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.
Dunure Castle was built by the Boyd family in the 14th century and later held by the Montgomeries, Earls of Eglinton, in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is important as a well-preserved example of a coastal Scottish castle and as a historic seat of powerful noble families in Ayrshire.
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Places near here
Dunure Castle, DovecotDovecot (period Unassigned) · 48 yd
Dunure, OutbuildingWash House (19th Century) - (20th Century)(possible) · 140 yd
Dunure Harbour, West Pier, Light-towerBeacon (19th Century) · 330 yd
DunureAxehead (stone)(period Unassigned), Knife (flint)(period Unassigned), Scraper (tool) (period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (medieval) · 842 yd
Dunduff CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.3 mi
Electric BraeHeritage attraction · 1.7 mi
Brown Carrick HillMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Genoch FarmFarmstead (post Medieval), House (18th Century), Tower House (medieval) · 2.3 mi
Craig Tara Holiday ParkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.5 mi
Culzean Castle, Fountain GardenGarden (period Unassigned) · 3.7 mi
The OrangeryVisitor information · 3.7 mi
The Mast HouseVisitor information · 3.7 miOther information
Photo: Billy McCrorie · CC BY-SA 2.0