What is recorded here

Greenan Castle is a 16th-century ruined tower house perched on a sea cliff above South Ayrshire, built atop a much older promontory fort and later occupied by the Kennedy family. On the morning of 12 May 1602, Sir Thomas Kennedy of Culzean and his servant rode from its courtyard toward Edinburgh and were murdered miles away in a wooded ambush, an act of revenge that cast a long shadow over the clan. The small tower still stands beside faint traces of a walled courtyard and outbuildings, its entrance marked JK 1603 FND, while the cliff wind keeps the place sharp, exposed and unforgettable.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Greenan Castle as Salt Works (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Greenan Castle is a 16th-century tower house located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, originally built by the Maxwell family, a powerful Border clan. It is remembered for its strategic position and as a site of conflict during the turbulent Border Reivers period.

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