Kerelaw Castle - Stevenston
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Kerelaw Castle - Stevenston
Image: © Raibeart MacAoidh Taken: 2 Nov 2018
Originally a property of the Loccard (Lockhart) family, this 15th-century castle of the Cunningham Earls of Glencairn was destroyed as the result of a feud with the Montgomerie's of Eglinton. Nearby Eglinton Castle was later burned in retaliation. The Gothic windows were added around 1830 when the ruin became a garden folly for the 18th-century mansion of Kerelaw House which stood nearby until demolished around 1970.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.648325
Longitude
-4.753682