
What is recorded here
Castle Island stands off North Ayrshire as a medieval tower house, its stones still marked by the age that built it. The sea may have hidden the castle from common sight, but it never stopped the island from keeping its shape. A person standing near the water could imagine the tower rising through mist, daring the tide to take what it had already refused.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Little Cumbrae Island, Castle Island, Castle as Tower House (medieval). 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
Wee Cumbrae CastleCastle · 14 yd
Castle IslandIslet · 190 yd
Little Cumbrae IslandUnidentified Pottery (period Unassigned) · 466 yd
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Lighthouse HillMountain / peak · 1009 yd
Old LighthouseLighthouse · 1028 yd
Little Cumbrae Island, Old LighthouseLighthouse (18th Century) · 1030 yd
Steadholm BayBay · 1593 yd
Hunterston, Landing StageDolphin (20th Century) · 1.5 mi
Water OutflowHeritage attraction · 1.6 mi
CumbraeNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.7 mi
Three SistersCliff · 1.7 miOther information
Photo: James T M Towill · CC BY-SA 2.0