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Field Visit
Date September 1985
Event ID 1156527
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1156527
Auchincruive NS 3879 2345 NS32SE 8
A tower-house, on record in 1532, is said to have stood on the site now occupied by the 18th-century mansion at Auchincruive (now the West of Scotland Agricultural College). In 1758 it was described as a 'Tower Fortalice Manor Place' and was the property of the Cathcarts.
RCAHMS 1985, visited (IMS) September 1985.
(Macfarlane 1906-8, i, 411; Kirkwood 1954, 133-5).
