Terringzean Castle
East Ayrshire, Scotland
Terringzean Castle is a tower house in East Ayrshire, Scotland, first built in 1696. It is a category B listed building. The nearest other castle is Lefnoreis Castle, 1.1 mi away.
Terringzean Castle at a glance
Built
1696
17th century
Type
Tower house
Heritage status
category B listed building
Nearest castle
Lefnoreis Castle
1.1 mi away
About Terringzean Castle
Terringzean Castle, also Taringzean, pronounced "Tringan", is a Category B listed castle ruin lying above the River Lugar and the Terringzean Holm in the policies of Dumfries House, Parish of Cumnock, Scotland. The name Craufordstone or Craufurdstoun, has also been used, echoing that it and these lands originally belonged to the Crawfords, as did Lefnoreis Castle or Lochnorris Castle which once stood near the site of the Dumfries House stables.
From the Wikipedia article on Terringzean Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Terringzean Castle sits at 55.4570, -4.2857 in East Ayrshire. The closest other castles are Lefnoreis Castle (1.1 mi), Auchinleck Castle (3.9 mi) and Ochiltree Castle (4.0 mi). East Ayrshire has 28 castles in all.
