What is recorded here

Knockdolian Castle is a 16th-century tower house in South Ayrshire, Scotland, built on the foundation of an ancient structure belonging to the knightly family of the Grahams. Fergus M’Cubbin and his spouse, Margaret Kennedy, occupied the castle at Colmonell about the middle of the seventeenth century. The McCubbin family greatly improved the lands before Covenanting times forced some members to leave their homeland never to return.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Knockdolian Castle as 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.

Knockdolian Castle, a 16th-century tower house in Scotland, was likely built by a local landholding family, though specific builders or occupants are not recorded. Its survival and architectural form contribute to the understanding of early modern Scottish domestic architecture and regional defensive structures.

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