Kilmaurs Place
House in East Ayrshire, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kilmaurs Place, The Place or Kilmaurs House, is an old mansion house and the ruins of Kilmaurs Tower grid reference NS41234112 are partly incorporated, Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The house stands on a prominence above the Carmel Water and has a commanding view of the surrounding area. Once the seat of the Cunningham Earls of Glencairn it ceased to be the main residence after 1484 when Finlaystone became the family seat.[1] Not to be confused with Kilmaurs Castle that stood on the lands of Jocksthorn Farm.
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Kilmaurs Place | |
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Kilmaurs, North Ayrshire, Scotland UK grid reference NS64741920 | |
Coordinates | 55.637694°N 4.523611°W / 55.637694; -4.523611 |
Type | A castle with a later laird's house |
Site information | |
Owner | Private |
Controlled by | Earls of Glencairn |
Open to the public | No |
Condition | Partly ruined and robbed |
Site history | |
Built | 14th century |
Built by | Clan Cunningham |
In use | 14th to present |
Materials | Stone |
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