Castle Hill
Castle Hill is a castle in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Castle Hill is situated nearby to the forest Hill Strip, as well as near Dark Wood.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Loudoun Castle and 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 1½ miles south of Castle Hill.
Barr Castle
Castle
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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. Barr Castle is situated 2 miles south of Castle Hill.
Loudoun Kirk
Church
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Loudoun Kirk is a disused church located about one mile west of Loudoun Castle, East Ayrshire. It served as Loudoun's parish church until some point after 1600, when this function moved to the church in nearby Newmilns. Loudoun Kirk is situated 1½ miles south of Castle Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moscow and Galston.
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.
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. Galston is situated 2 miles south of Castle Hill.
Waterside
Village
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waterside is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, situated about five miles north of Galston on the Craufurdland Water in the Parish of Fenwick. It lies a few miles north of Moscow on the A719 and had a population of 141 in the Census of 2001. Waterside is situated 2½ miles north of Castle Hill.
Castle Hill
- Type: Castle
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.62987° or 55° 37′ 48″ northLongitude
-4.38578° or 4° 23′ 9″ westOpen location code
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