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Latitude: 55.4207 / 55°25'14"N
Longitude: -4.3802 / 4°22'48"W
OS Eastings: 249447
OS Northings: 616665
OS Grid: NS494166
Mapcode National: GBR 4L.0KT3
Mapcode Global: WH3RB.P0DR
Entry Name: Auchencloigh Castle
Scheduled Date: 21 May 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5393
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Secular: castle
Location: Ochiltree
County: East Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: Cumnock and New Cumnock
Traditional County: Ayrshire
The monument consists of the remains of a medieval tower house situated 100m E of Auchencloigh Farm.
The fragmentary remains consist of several massive sections of lime- bonded whinstone rubble walling. The building appears to have been rectangular and of considerable strength. It has external measurements of 12m N-S by 10.5m E-W over walls 1.4m thick. The walls vary in height from 0.6 to 1.5m. The remains are heavily overgrown with scrub and a drystone sheepfold has been built into the SW side.
The area to be scheduled is square with sides measuring 40m, centred on the castle, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a site of considerable archaeological significance. It preserves evidence of, and has the potential to provide further evidence through excavation for, defensive architecture, domestic occupation and social organisation during the medieval period.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NS41NE 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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