
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Pitlurg Castle as Dovecot (18th Century), 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.
Pitlurg Castle, located in Ayrshire, Scotland, was originally a medieval tower house that was later modified in the 18th century, with the addition of a dovecot. It is remembered as an example of the evolution of Scottish domestic architecture and the integration of agricultural features like dovecots into noble or gentry estates.
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Places near here
Mains of PitlurgEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 416 yd
Hill of ShenwallQuarry (period Unassigned) · 739 yd
Little PitlurgFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 922 yd
WhitehillockField Drain(s) (modern), Palaeochannel (period Unknown)(possible) · 973 yd
Cairds HillMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Upper AuchairnNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.3 mi
Little BallochMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
Bellyhack WoodForest · 2.9 mi
Turner Memorial HospitalMemorial · 3.2 mi
Keith CemeteryCemetery (post Medieval) · 3.3 mi
Balloch WoodForest · 3.3 mi
Strathisla DistilleryHeritage attraction · 3.5 miOther information
Photo: Anne Burgess · CC BY-SA 2.0