What is recorded here
Dean Castle rises as a mound above Kilmarnock, its age still unassigned but its shape unmistakable. Whether men built it or water carved it, the hill has watched the valley for longer than memory.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kilmarnock, Dean Castle as Mound (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dean Castle, Kilmarnock, was built in the late 13th or early 14th century by the Maxwell family, a powerful Scottish noble clan. It is remembered as a significant stronghold in the history of Ayrshire and as the birthplace of the poet Robert Burns in 1759.
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Places near here
Dean Country ParkPolished Axehead (stone)(period Unassigned) · 85 yd
Kilmarnock, Dean BridgeBridge (early 19th Century) · 125 yd
Kilmarnock, Dean Road, Dean Castle Estate, Dean Castle Dower HouseDower House (post Medieval) · 134 yd
Kilmarnock, Dean Road, Lauder Foot BridgeFootbridge (period Unassigned) · 334 yd
Kilmarnock, St Joseph's AcademyNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 809 yd
Kilmarnock, Grassyards Road, CemeteryCemetery (late 19th Century) · 1106 yd
Kilmarnock, Grassyards Road, Cemetery, West Lodge and GatesGate(s) (period Unassigned), Lodge (period Unassigned) · 1135 yd
Kilmarnock, Portland StreetNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1709 yd
Hillhouse PlantationWood · 1.6 mi
Moss WoodWood · 1.7 mi
Rowallan CastleCastle (medieval), Country House (period Unassigned), Bottle (post Medieval), Unidentified Pottery(s) (post Medieval) · 1.9 mi
Caprington CastleCastle (medieval), Tower House (medieval) · 2.7 mi