What is recorded here
Genoch Farm layers a medieval tower house beneath an 18th century house in South Ayrshire, proving that residence and defence often share one address. The tower may have watched for trouble while the later house waited for guests, changing the purpose of the same stones. Both structures still belong to the same place, record and map point.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Genoch Farm as Farmstead (post Medieval), House (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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Old LaggFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 405 yd
Ayr Fundamental Bench MarkFundamental Bench Mark (20th Century) · 1004 yd
Heads of AyrFlake (period Unassigned), Scraper (tool) (stone)(period Unassigned) · 1189 yd
Bracken BayChisel (stone)(period Unassigned) · 1681 yd
Brown Carrick HillMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Dunduff CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.1 mi
Craig Tara Holiday ParkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Ayr, GreenanNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.0 mi
Greenan CastleFort (prehistoric) - (medieval) · 2.0 mi
Alloway Auld KirkHeritage attraction · 3.0 mi
Robert Burns Birthplace MuseumMuseum · 3.1 mi
Steven Memorial FountainMemorial · 3.8 miOther information
Photo: Malcolm Neal · CC BY-SA 2.0