
What is recorded here
Thomaston Castle stands west of Maybole as a run-down sixteenth-century ruin where stone debris still falls through roofs unchanged since medieval times. Alan McIlvaine owned the place before Patrick McIlvaine inherited it through marriage to Isobel Kennedy, linking ordinary wine supply to powerful Cassilis blood. The castle may have hosted feast halls, private chambers and quiet domestic life beneath its lasting stone frame.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Thomaston Castle as Castle (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.
Thomaston Castle was built in the 16th century and is recorded as a historic castle in Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment. Its precise location is documented to the nearest meter, reflecting its significance in the study of Scottish medieval architecture and land use.
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Places near here
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Thomaston FarmFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 489 yd
Culzean Castle Policies, Kennedy Burial GroundBurial Ground (19th Century) · 547 yd
Culzean Castle, Walled GardenGarden Terrace (period Unassigned) · 960 yd
Culzean Castle, Walled Garden, Gardener's CottageGardeners Lodge (period Unassigned) · 1050 yd
The OrangeryVisitor information · 1094 yd
The Mast HouseVisitor information · 1181 yd
Lagganhooly WoodWood · 1475 yd
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Culzean Castle Policies, Hoolity Ha'Railings (period Unassigned) · 856 yd
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Photo: Billy McCrorie · CC BY-SA 2.0