Castle Knowe
The Castle Knowe is a prominent mound located slightly to the west of North Kilruskin Farm on the Kilruskin Toll Road, West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The mound may have served several different functions over the ages.Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: medieval Scottish mound
- Also known as: “Castle Knowe, Kilruskin”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hunterston Castle and West Kilbride railway station.
Hunterston Castle
Hunterston Castle, West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, Scotland is the historic home of the lairds of Hunterston and Chiefs of Clan Hunter. The keep dates from the late 12th, or early 13th centuries, while the attached manor house is of the 18th century. Hunterston Castle is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Castle Knowe.
West Kilbride railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West Kilbride railway station is a railway station that serves the village of West Kilbride, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line. West Kilbride railway station is situated 1½ miles south of Castle Knowe.
Law Castle
Castle
Photo: David Neale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Law Castle is situated on the lower slopes of Law Hill on the edge of West Kilbride, in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It is around 200 metres from the railway station. Law Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Castle Knowe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Kilbride and Seamill.
West Kilbride
West Kilbride is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast, with a population of 4860 in 2022. Named for St Brigit of Kildare, it was traditionally a weaving, potato-growing and sheep-farming town.
Seamill
Village
Photo: Paul Thomson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Seamill is a village in North Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, about 5 miles north of Ardrossan and 8 miles south of Largs, on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde. Seamill is situated 2½ miles south of Castle Knowe.
Millport
Photo: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Great Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde off the coast of Ayrshire, with Millport as its only settlement, and a population of 1376 in 2011. The island is about 3 miles long by 1½ miles wide, roughly tooth-shaped, with a broad bay indenting its south coast.
Castle Knowe
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.71746° or 55° 43′ 3″ northLongitude
-4.86186° or 4° 51′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C7QP48Q+X7OpenStreetMap ID
way 299592193OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q24197232
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