What is recorded here

Killochan Castle is a five-storey tower house in South Ayrshire, Scotland, built in 1581 by John Cathcart. Its walls carry shot-holes, a machicolated entrance and two small corner towers, marking it as one of the finest fortified houses in southern Scotland. The Cathcart family lived there through feuds, wars and changes until 1954, when the castle passed into other hands. It still stands occupied, preserving the shape of a house made for defense and memory.

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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