Introduction
The designed landscape associated with Kingencleugh House includes about 1.8 hectares of informal garden and woodland with a burn running through it. A former railway line cuts through the policies.
- Visitor Access, Directions & Contacts
- History
Period
18th Century
- Features & Designations
Features
- Ruin
- Description: The ruined wing of Kingencleugh Castle, built in about 1600 for the Campbells.
- Earliest Date:
- Latest Date:
- Burn
- Key Information
Type
Estate
Purpose
Ornamental
Principal Building
Domestic / Residential
Period
18th Century
Survival
Extant
Open to the public
Yes
Electoral Ward
Tarbolton Symington Craigie
- References
References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Kingencleugh', 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. 149 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
- Coventry, M., {The Castles of Scotland} (Edinburgh: Goblinshead, 1997), p. 226 The Castles of Scotland