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

Photo: Dreamer84, CC BY 2.5.

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

Photo: Scotia, CC BY 3.0.

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.

Fairlie

Village

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Fairlie is a village in North Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland. Fairlie is situated 2½ miles north of Castle Knowe.

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″ north

Longitude

-4.86186° or 4° 51′ 43″ west

Open location code

9C7QP48Q+X7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 299592193

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q24197232

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