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.Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: castle in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Taringzean Castle” and “Terringzean Castle, East Ayrshire”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Robert Burns Academy and Dumfries House.
Robert Burns Academy
School
The Robert Burns Academy is a secondary school located in Cumnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, which opened to pupils in October 2020 following the merger of Cumnock Academy and Auchinleck Academy. Robert Burns Academy is situated 1,700 feet east of Terringzean Castle.
Dumfries House
Photo: Julien.scavini, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dumfries House is a Palladian country house in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located within a large estate, around two miles west of Cumnock. Noted for being one of the few such houses with much of its original 18th-century furniture still present, including… Dumfries House is situated 1 mile west of Terringzean Castle.
East Ayrshire Community Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Robert Watson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Ayrshire Community Hospital is a community hospital located in Ayr Road, Cumnock, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran. East Ayrshire Community Hospital is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Terringzean Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cumnock and Auchinleck.
Cumnock
Town
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cumnock is a town and former civil parish located in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water.
Auchinleck
Village
Photo: Brian D Osborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchinleck is a village 5 miles southeast of Mauchline, and 2 miles northwest of Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Surrounding the village is Auchinleck Estate, centred on Auchinleck House, past home of the lawyer, diarist and biographer James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck.
Netherthird
Village
Netherthird is a small village to the south of Cumnock town centre in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It features a primary school, small grocery shops, bowling green and local community centre. Netherthird is situated 1½ miles southeast of Terringzean Castle.
Terringzean Castle
- Categories: Tower House and historic site
- Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.45689° or 55° 27′ 25″ northLongitude
-4.28557° or 4° 17′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C7QFP47+QQOpenStreetMap ID
way 1354027835OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q7703723
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In Other Languages
“Terringzean Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Terringzean Castle”
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