Dalquharran Castle's (old and new)

Ayrshire: About 6 miles north-east of Girvan or 5.5 miles south and west of Maybole, north of B741 at Dailly, on the north side of the Water of Girvan, 0.5 miles south-east of Dalquharran.
Ruin or site NS 273019 OS: 76 KA26 9QJ
Large and ruinous old castle, held by the Kennedys of Culzean, replaced by a later mansion that is now also ruinous, near Maybole in Ayrshire in south-west Scotland. Dalquharran Castle (MacGibbon and Ross)
Large and ruinous old castle, held by the Kennedys of Culzean, replaced by a later mansion that is now also ruinous, near Maybole in Ayrshire in south-west Scotland. Dalquharran Castle (Grose, 1790)
Dalquharran Castle consists of a ruined 15th-century tower, with a round tower at one corner. It was extended to form an L-plan, and rises to three storeys and a garret within the corbelled-out crenelated parapet. The castle was extended and altered in the late 17th century, and was surrounded by gardens and landscaped grounds. The basement is vaulted.
Large and ruinous old castle, held by the Kennedys of Culzean, replaced by a later mansion that is now also ruinous, near Maybole in Ayrshire in south-west Scotland. Dalquharran Castle: 'new' castle (old postcard)
About 1790, the old castle was abandoned for a new mansion, Dalquharran House [NS 270022]. This is a large castellated building of three storeys, which was designed by Robert Adam and has a round tower and central stair like Culzean Castle, and the walls are crowned by a corbelled-out and battlemented parapet. This was enlarged with new wings about 1881 but the family got into debt, and the building was later used as a youth hostel and as a school for the deaf. This house has been stripped and the roof removed in the 1960s, and it is also now ruinous and overgrown.
‘Dalwharra Cast.’ is prominently marked on Blaeu’s map as a large castle with three towers in a wooded and enclosed park.
Both Dalquharran Castles were a property of the Kennedy of Culzean family.
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Nice one Jim

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Cheers Alec, my son flew the drone & I edited and uploaded it to my channel ( hehe) 😂

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@@part3photography we need a day out with the drones to a castle ruin 👌😎

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Beautiful scenery. Thankyou for sharing. new sub here

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Thanks MickeyMoo ( cracking name) its appreciated very much, and thanks also for subscribing too, I've jus done the same with your channel ( i had to laugh at the RIP MickeyMoo drone crash 🙂 the drone footage in this was done by my son, It was his third flight with my old Mavic mini bought second hand, I had to do all the editing, as he's not got a PC, nor Laptop...Yet lol

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@@part3photography No Problems. glad you liked the crash. I tried to bring an element of comedy to that one even though I was fuming at the time. You and your son make a great team.

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@@rsmickeymooproductions4877 if I had crashed my drone, I’d be pulling my hair out ( If I had hair that is lol) thanks MickeyMoo 👍