Craigskean
House (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Craigskean
Classification House (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 40951
Site Number NS21SE 2
NGR NS 2991 1487
NGR Description Centred at NS 2991 1487
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40951
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Maybole
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS21SE 2 c. 299 148
The present Craigskean is a modern house with no trace of any antiquity.
Visited by OS, 15 December 1955.
Field Visit (October 1982)
Craigskean NS c. 299 148 NS21SE 2
Craigskean is mentioned in 1837 as one of a number of 'castles' which were 'only to be traced in a few ruinous walls', but these remains are no longer visible. About 1700 Craigskean was listed as one of the dwellings of the gentry of the parish of Maybole.
RCAHMS 1983, visited October 1982
(NSA, v, Ayr, 365; Name Book, Ayr, No. 46, p. 47; Paterson 1863-6, ii, 424-5; Macfarlane 1906-8, ii, 19).
