Garryhorn
House (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Garryhorn
Classification House (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 40953
Site Number NS21SE 4
NGR NS 2948 1384
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40953
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Maybole
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS21SE 4 2948 1384.
Garryhorn is mentioned in 1837 as one of a number of 'castles' which were 'only to be traced in a few ruinous walls', but 'its remains were removed' before 1856. About 1700 Garryhorn was listed as one of the dwellings of the gentry in the parish of Maybole.
RCAHMS 1983, visited October 1982
No traces remain at the site published on OS maps.
Visited by OS 7 December 1955 and 3 March 1967.
Field Visit (October 1982)
Garryhorn NS 294 138 NS21SE 4
Garryhorn is mentioned in 1837 as one of a number of 'castles' which were 'only to be traced in a few ruinous walls', but 'its remains were removed' before 1856. About 1700 Garryhorn was listed as one of the dwellings of the gentry in the parish of Maybole.
RCAHMS 1983, visited October 1982
(NSA, v, Ayr, 365; Name Book, Ayr, No. 46, p. 56; Paterson 1863-6, ii, 432-3; Macfarlane 1906-8, ii, 19).
