Barr Castle
Galston is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, which has a population of 4,710 and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name. It is situated in wooded countryside four miles upriver from Kilmarnock and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of Hurlford and Newmilns.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Barr Castle, Ayrshire”, “Barr Castle, Galston”, and “Lockhart Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Sophia’s Church (Galston) and Loudoun Castle.
St Sophia’s Church (Galston)
Church
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St Sophia’s Church (Galston) is situated 500 feet northeast of Barr Castle.
Loudoun Castle
Theme park
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Loudoun Castle was a theme park set around the ruins of the 19th century Loudoun Castle near Galston, in the Loudoun area of Ayrshire, Scotland. The park opened in 1995, and closed at the end of the 2010 season. The park's mascot was Rory the Lion. Loudoun Castle is situated 1 mile northeast of Barr Castle.
Loudoun Castle
Castle
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Loudoun Castle is a ruined country house nicknamed the "Windsor of Scotland" located near Galston, in the Loudoun area of Ayrshire, Scotland. The majority of the building was constructed from 1804 to 1811 around existing structures dating to the 15th and 17th centuries. Loudoun Castle is situated 1 mile north of Barr Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Galston and Newmilns.
Galston
Town
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Galston is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, which has a population of 4,710 and is at the heart of the civil parish of the same name. It is situated in wooded countryside four miles upriver from Kilmarnock and is one a group of the small towns located in the Irvine Valley between the towns of Hurlford and Newmilns.
Newmilns
Town
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Newmilns is a village in the burgh of Newmilns and Greenholm, in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 3,057 people and lies on the A71, around seven miles east of Kilmarnock and twenty-five miles southwest of Glasgow. Newmilns is situated 2 miles east of Barr Castle.
Moscow
Village
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Moscow is a hamlet in East Ayrshire in Scotland. It is on the A719 road some 4 miles east of Kilmarnock. In 2006 its population was reported as 118. It is represented in the "Galston West and Hurlford North" ward of East Ayrshire Council. Moscow is situated 2½ miles north of Barr Castle.
Barr Castle
- Categories: tower house, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.59846° or 55° 35′ 55″ northLongitude
-4.37973° or 4° 22′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C7QHJXC+94OpenStreetMap ID
way 759807995OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q17791341
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In Other Languages
From German to Portuguese—“Barr Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Barr Castle”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Barr”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Galston Post Office and Galston Paris Church.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Barr Castle”. Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.