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Places of Interest

Penkill Castle

Castle

Photo: Alan Reid, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Penkill Castle is a 16th-century castle with later additions. It is around 1⁄2 mile south of Old Dailly, northeast of Girvan in south Ayrshire, Scotland.

Dalquharran Castle

Castle

Photo: paul c, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dalquharran Castle is a category A listed building in South Ayrshire, Scotland, designed by Robert Adam and completed around 1790. The first recorded lord of the property which already included a castle, was Gilbert Kennedy, as stated in a 1474 Charter for the nearby Crossraguel Abbey; the estate was later owned by the Kennedy family for centuries.

Old Dalquharran Castle

Ruins

Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Old Dalquharran Castle is a ruins.

Places in the Area

Girvan

Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.

Girvan is a seaside town in Ayrshire on the west coast of Scotland, with a population of 6300 in 2022. It has a long, sandy beach and expanded as a resort when the railway arrived in Victorian times.

Dailly

Village

Photo: paul c, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dailly is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located on the Water of Girvan, five miles south of Maybole, and three miles east of Old Dailly.

Turnberry

Village

Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

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