What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Killochan Castle as Country House (18th Century), Tower House (16th 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.
Killochan Castle was originally a 16th-century tower house, later expanded into a country house in the 18th century; it is associated with the Maxwell family, a prominent Scottish noble lineage. The site is historically significant as an example of evolving Scottish domestic architecture and as a marker of regional landholding patterns in the Lowlands.
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Places near here
Barons' Stone of KillochanStone (period Unassigned) · 435 yd
HawkhillFarm Building (period Unknown) · 563 yd
KillochanPalisaded Enclosure (prehistoric) · 564 yd,_Ayrshire_(geograph_6164433).jpg?width=1280)
Killochan StationRailway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 647 yd
Weavers WoodForest · 1.1 mi.jpg?width=1280)
Penkill CastleCastle (medieval), Tower House (medieval) · 1.1 mi
Camregan CastleCastle (13th Century) · 1.2 mi
LadywellNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Brunston PlantationWood · 2.5 mi
Alexander Ross Memorial stoneMemorial · 2.5 mi
Girvan, Invergarven SchoolNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.9 mi
Dailly, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 2.9 miOther information
Photo: Billy McCrorie · CC BY-SA 2.0