What is recorded here
Loudoun Castle and its golf course emerged in Galston in 1909, shaping East Ayrshire when recreational land still competed with survival. The course may have given workers rare leisure or consumed land they needed for food. That tension still lives beneath the grass, where recreation and deprivation share the same soil.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Galston, Loudoun Castle, Loudoun Golf Course as Golf Course (20th Century) (1909). 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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Big WoodWood · 483 yd
Galston, Galston MillGrain Mill (period Unassigned) · 546 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Loudoun CastleCountry House (19th Century), Tower House (15th Century)(possible) · 706 yd
Galston, Polwarth StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1031 yd
Galston, Bentinck Street, St Sophia's Roman Catholic ChurchChurch (19th Century) · 1211 yd
Galston War MemorialMemorial · 1287 yd
Galston, Bridge Street, GeneralGeneral View (period Unassigned) · 1306 yd
Barr CastleCastle · 1363 yd
Galston, Cemetery Road, CemeteryCemetery (late 19th Century) · 1582 yd
Burnhouse Brae WoodWood · 1657 yd
Darvel Telephone MuseumMuseum · 3.1 mi
Kilmarnock, St Joseph's AcademyNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.6 mi