Thomaston Castle
Thomaston Castle is a medieval castle located west of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It looks much as it did hundreds of years ago. Little has changed, except for the addition of a house located on the property.Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Culzean Castle and Kirkoswald Parish Church.
Culzean Castle
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Culzean Castle is a castle overlooking the Firth of Clyde, near Maybole, Carrick, in South Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland. It is the former home of the Marquess of Ailsa, the chief of Clan Kennedy, but is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland. Culzean Castle is situated 3,400 feet northwest of Thomaston Castle.
Kirkoswald Parish Church
Church
Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkoswald Parish Church is located in the small village of Kirkoswald, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is a parish church in the Church of Scotland. The church is unusual in that its design was, at the very least, strongly influenced by Robert Adam, one of Scotland's outstanding architects. Kirkoswald Parish Church is situated 1¼ miles south of Thomaston Castle.
Crossraguel Abbey
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The Abbey of Saint Mary of Crossraguel is a ruin of a former Cluniac abbey near the town of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Although it is a ruin, visitors can still see the monks’ church, cloister and dovecote. Crossraguel Abbey is situated 2½ miles east of Thomaston Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maidens and Turnberry.
Maidens
Village
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maidens is a village in the Kirkoswald parish of Ayrshire, Scotland. Situated on the coast of the Firth of Clyde at the southern end of Maidenhead Bay, a series of rocks known as the "Maidens” form a natural harbour. Maidens is situated 2 miles southwest of Thomaston Castle.
Turnberry
Village
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Turnberry is a village 6 miles north of Girvan, in the civil parish of Kirkoswald, in the council area of South Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a golf resort called Turnberry which has three courses. In 1991 it had a population of 149. Turnberry is situated 3½ miles southwest of Thomaston Castle.
Maybole
Town
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maybole is a town and former burgh of barony and police burgh in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It had an estimated population of 4,580 in 2020. It is situated 9 miles south of Ayr and 50 miles southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. Maybole is situated 4 miles east of Thomaston Castle.
Thomaston Castle
- Type: Ruins
- Description: castle in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Categories: castle and historic site
- Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.34828° or 55° 20′ 54″ northLongitude
-4.77731° or 4° 46′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C7Q86XF+83OpenStreetMap ID
way 1354028857OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q2455795
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Thomaston Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Thomaston Castle”
- German: “Thomaston Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Thomaston”
- Turkish: “Thomaston Kalesi”
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