Greenan Castle
South Ayrshire, Scotland
Greenan Castle is a castle in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is Alloway Mote, 1.9 mi away.
Greenan Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Heritage status
scheduled monument
category B listed building
Nearest castle
Alloway Mote
1.9 mi away
Castles in South Ayrshire
23
Scotland
About Greenan Castle
Greenan Castle is a 16th-century ruined tower house, around 2+1⁄2 miles (4 kilometres) southwest of Ayr in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Situated at the top of a sea cliff, it was originally a promontory fort converted into a motte-and-bailey in the 12th century.
From the Wikipedia article on Greenan Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Greenan Castle sits at 55.4386, -4.6702 in South Ayrshire. The closest other castles are Alloway Mote (1.9 mi), Ayr Castle (2.3 mi) and Dunduff Castle (3.0 mi). South Ayrshire has 23 castles in all.
