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Kilkerran Castle
Castle (15th Century)
Site Name Kilkerran Castle
Classification Castle (15th Century)
Canmore ID 40860
Site Number NS20SE 10
NGR NS 29313 00512
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40860
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Dailly
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS20SE 10 29313 00512
(NS 2932 0050) Kilkerran Castle (NR) (In Ruins)
OS 6" map (1909)
The keep of Kilkerran was probably erected in the 15th century. Only a fragment remains.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1892
The remaining walls of Kilkerran Castle are 1.5m thick and measure 5.0m N-S by 8.0m transversely. The N gable wall shows that the keep was at least three storeys high. The S part of the keep is covered with fallen masonry. A causewayed road runs from the keep on the S.
Revised at 25".
Visited by OS (WDJ) 2 December 1959
NS 2931 0050. No change to the previous report. The castle is situated at the end of a NW-SE promontory which falls steeply on the E side to the Lindsayston Burn The causewayed approach from the E retains no aspect of antiquity.
Revised at 25".
Visited by OS (JRL) 18 May 1977
Field Visit (April 1982)
Kilkerran Castle NS 293 005 NS20SE 10
The NNW wall and gable and the two adjacent angles are all that remain standing of this 15th-century tower-house; it has comprised a vaulted basement, three upper storeys and an attic.
RCAHMS 1983, visited April 1982
(MacGibbon and Ross 1887-92, i, 298-9).
