Eglinton Castle
Eglinton Castle was a large Gothic castellated mansion in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
- Type: Castle
- Description: mansion in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Eglinton Castle, Eglinton Country Park, Irvine”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eglinton Country Park and Eglinton Loch.
Eglinton Country Park
Park
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Eglinton Country Park is located on the grounds of the old Eglinton Castle estate in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Eglinton Park is situated in the parish of Kilwinning, part of the former district of Cunninghame, and covers an area of 400 ha ( of which are woodland.
Eglinton Loch
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Eglinton Loch is a small freshwater loch in the North Ayrshire Council Areas, lying in a holm of the Lugton Water near Irvine and Kilwinning, within Eglinton Country Park, in the parish of Kilwinning.
Ayrshire Central Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Chris Court, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ayrshire Central Hospital, also known as Irvine Central Hospital, is an NHS hospital in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kilwinning and Irvine.
Kilwinning
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kilwinning is a town near the Ayrshire coast of Scotland, some 21 miles southwest of Glasgow. It's run-down and post-industrial, with a population in 2020 of 16,100.
Irvine
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Irvine is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 34,130 in 2020. It's post-industrial and is best-known as one of the postwar "New Towns" built across lowland Scotland.
Dreghorn
Village
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, 3.5 kilometres east of Irvine town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock. It is sited on a ridge between two rivers. Dreghorn is situated 3 miles southeast of Eglinton Castle.
Eglinton Castle
- Categories: mansion, ruins, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.64444° or 55° 38′ 40″ northLongitude
-4.66636° or 4° 39′ 59″ westElevation
66 feet (20 metres)Open location code
9C7QJ8VM+QFOpenStreetMap ID
node 2956452704OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Portuguese—“Eglinton Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Eglinton gaztelua”
- Dutch: “Eglinton Castle”
- German: “Eglinton Castle”
- Japanese: “エグリントン・キャッスル”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Eglinton”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Belvedere Hill and Formal Garden.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Eglinton Castle”. Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.