What is recorded here
Pinwherry Castle stands as a medieval tower house in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Built in the 16th century, it rises above the small hamlet of Pinwherry, which had only one hundred people in 1961. The castle still marks the identity of this quiet place eight miles south of Girvan.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Pinwherry 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.
Pinwherry Castle was a medieval tower house, likely built in the 16th century by a local landed family, though specific builders or holders are not recorded. It is remembered as an example of the defensive and residential architecture typical of Scotland's Lowlands during the late medieval period.
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Places near here
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Pinwherry, SchoolSchool (period Unassigned) · 141 yd
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Black WoodWood · 1.1 mi
Oak WoodWood · 1.5 mi
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KildonanBarracks (17th Century), Castle (medieval)(possible), House (post Medieval) · 2.9 mi
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Barrhill, Gowlands TerraceNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.6 mi
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