Craigneil Castle, Ayrshire

Castles & Historic Sites

Castles

Culzean Castle, AyrshireCulzean Castle & Country Park

One of the most magnificent country parks in Britain. The castle is regarded as Robert Adam's final masterpiece and has been restored to it's former glory. The castle is associated with the turbulant history of the Clan Kennedy.

There are guided tours of the castle, guided walks, events , a walled garden, swan pond and deer park.
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clickwww.culzeanexperience.org

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Historic Sites

South West Scotland is littered with Historic Sites of Great Battles, Ancient Castles and Scottish heroes such as William Wallace and Robert the Bruce.

Glen Trool & Bruce's StoneScottish Heroes - William Wallace & Robert the Bruce

Outside Darvel stands the strangely shaped Loudoun Hill, core of an extinct volcano. Here in 1297 William Wallace, the proclaimed 'Guardian of Scotland', delivered a seismic shock to a heavy English force. In 1307 the site erupted again, when Robert the Bruce repeated the victory.

In the same year the king vanquished the English at Clatteringshaws Loch in the Galloway Forest Park. The scene is marked by a granite boulder. A stone also commemorates the area in Glen Trool where he won another battle.

If you want to see where Robert the Bruce was born, you have a choice of two spots. Lochmaben Castle and Turnberry have both been claimed as his birthplace and the cave in which he was reputedly inspired by the tenacity of a spider is located either on Arran or at Kirkpatrick Flemming.

There's no disagreement, though, over where his heart was buried: Melrose Abbey.

Historic Places of Interest

The area is steeped in history from the first Christian missionaries. The local name Kilantringan means Kirk of St. Ninian