Loch Bradan
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Loch Bradan
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Bradan Castle; Loch Bradan Castle
Canmore ID 63600
Site Number NX49NW 1
NGR NX 42688 97056
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63600
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Straiton (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NX49NW 1 4268 9704.
(NX 42689704) Bradan Castle (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map (1958)
Bradan Castle: the rims of what is said to have been a castle on an island on Loch Bradan. It has been a small square building with walls 2 feet thick, three of which remain 3 feet high. On the same island are rims of an outhouse. Nothing is known of the history of the castle.
Name Book 1856
Only a small portion of the island remains above water and on this a cairn circa 2m high has been built from the ruins. The stones of the castle are said to have been used in building a dam.
Visited by OS (JD) 18 November 1955
There is nothing to be seen either of Bradan Castle or the island on which it stands as the loch is now in use as a reservoir and its water level has been raised.
Visited by OS (BS) 2 June 1976
Note (1983)
Loch Bradan NX 426 970 NX 49 NW 1
The remains of a 'castle' stand on an island in Loch Bradan, but the level of the loch has been artificially raised and they are no longer visible. In 1856 it was described as 'a small square building. About three feet of the four walls, which are two feet in thickness, still stand';the remains of an 'outhouse' were also noted. On Pont's map a settlement symbol placed on 'Ylen loch Brawinhoom' in 'Loch Brounhoom' (probably Loch Bradan) may refer to this site.
RCAHMS 1983
(Pont 1654b; Stat. Acct., iii, 1792, 593; Name Book, Ayr, No. 60, p. 153).
