Smithston Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Smithston Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 41648
Site Number NS31SW 10
NGR NS 32 12
NGR Description NS c. 32 12
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Maybole
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS31SW 10 32 12.
"Smithstowne" is listed by Abercrummie as one of the dwellings of the gentry. The NSA states that only a few ruinous walls remain of Smithstone Castle.
W Macfarlane 1907; NSA 1845 (G Gray)
Enquiries at Laigh Smithston (NS 323 123) revealed no knowledge of a castle hereabouts.
Visited by OS (JLD) 8 December 1955
No further information.
Visited by OS (RD) 10 September 1968
Note (1983)
Smithston NS 32 12 NS31SW 10
'Smithstoune' is mentioned in 1837 as one of a number of 'castles' which were 'only to be traced in a few ruinous walls', and about 1700 it was listed as one of the dwellings of the gentry of the parish of Maybole.
RCAHMS 1983
(NSA, v, Ayr, 365; Paterson 1863-6, ii, 449; Macfarlane 1906-8, ii, 19).
