Introduction
Not much remains of the designed landscape at Kilhenzie Castle which had gardens and orchards by the late-17th century and a modest park and woodland by the mid-18th. An ancient 'dool tree', traditionally used as a gallows, was still alive in the early-20th century.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
Telephone
0131 668 8600
- Features & Designations
Features
- House (featured building)
- Description: A 16th-century tower house restored in about 1850.
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- Key Information
Survival
Part: standing remains
- References
References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Kilhenzie', in {Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey} (Prestwick: South Ayrshire Council, 2007) [on CD-ROM] Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey
- Close, R. (ed), {Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide} (Edinburgh: The Rutland Press, 1992), p. 166 Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
- {Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch} (Southampton, 1854) Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch
- Captain M. J. Armstrong and Son {A New Map of Ayrshire} (1775) A New Map of Ayrshire
- William Roy {Military Survey of Scotland} (1750) Military Survey of Scotland
- Joan Blaeu {Atlas Novus - South Carrick/North Carrick/Kyle/Cunninghame} (Amsterdam, 1654) Atlas Novus - South Carrick/North Carrick/Kyle/Cunninghame
- Coventry, M., {The Castles of Scotland} (Edinburgh: Goblinshead, 1997), p. 222 The Castles of Scotland