Barbieston Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Barbieston Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Skeldon House Policies
Canmore ID 41623
Site Number NS31SE 1
NGR NS 3675 1417
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41623
- Council East Ayrshire
- Parish Dalrymple (Cumnock And Doon Valley)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cumnock And Doon Valley
- Former County Ayrshire
NS31SE 1 3675 1417
(NS 3675 1417) Barbieston Castle (NR) (Site of)
OS 6" map (1908).
See also NS31SE 17.00.
Some stones of Barbieston Castle were found bearing the dates of 1340 and 1345. It was modernised about fifty years ago.
NSA 1845
Barbieston Castle was razed to the ground within the last two years (i.e. 1845).
J Paterson 1847
The site is on a long, low terrace N of the River Doon. There are no traces of any foundations, but to the SE, on the river bank, there is
a group of large stones possibly removed from the castle.
Visited by OS (JD) 21 November 1955
As described in the previous report.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 10 September 1968
This site is regularly ploughed. No further information. There is nothing significant visible on aerial photographs (RAF/106G/Scot/UK90: 3016-17, flown 1946).
Visited by OS (MJF) 20 September 1980