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Eglinton Castle
Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland
Eglinton Castle in the 1920s
Eglinton Castle is located in Scotland
Eglinton Castle
Eglinton Castle
Coordinates55°38′30″N 4°40′18″W / 55.641778°N 4.671639°W / 55.641778; -4.671639
Height70 feet
Site information
OwnerNorth Ayrshire Council
Open to
the public
Eglinton Country Park
ConditionStabilised Ruins
Site history
Built19th century
Built by12th Earl of Eglinton
In useUntil the 20th century
MaterialsSandstone

Eglinton Castle was a large Gothic castellated mansion in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Eglinton Castle

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Eglinton Castle was a large Gothic castellated mansion in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The ancient seat of the Earls of Eglinton, it is located...

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Eglinton Country Park

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Eglinton Park Eglinton Country Park is located on the grounds of the old Eglinton Castle estate in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland (map reference...

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Earl of Eglinton

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is not certain. The Earl of Eglinton is the hereditary Clan Chief of Clan Montgomery. The ancestral seat was Eglinton Castle in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire...

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Croquet

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for the proprietor of Eglinton Castle, the Earl of Eglinton. On the page facing the title page is a picture of Eglinton Castle with a game of "croquet"...

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Industry and the Eglinton Castle estate

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district of Cunninghame. Eglinton Castle, was once home to the Montgomeries, Earls of Eglinton and chiefs of the Clan Montgomery. Eglinton Country Park now occupies...

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Eglinton Tournament

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August. It was funded and organized by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton, and took place at Eglinton Castle in Ayrshire. The Queen of Beauty was Georgiana, Duchess...

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Kilwinning

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Culzean Castle in appearance and grandeur. The foundation stone of the new Eglinton Castle in Kilwinning was laid in 1797, the 12th Earl of Eglinton, was...

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Clan Montgomery

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Montgomery's Eglinton Castle was burned down by the Cunninghams in the same year. In April 1586, Hugh Montgomery, 4th Earl of Eglinton, aged twenty-four...

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Polnoon Castle

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Illustrations of the castle are scarce, however John Ainslie's 1799 survey of the Eglinton Estates includes a vignette of the Polnoon Castle ruins. Timothy...

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Eglinton

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Ayrshire, Scotland Eglinton Castle Eglinton Loch HMS Eglinton, the name of two Royal Navy ships Eglinton coupling, a chemical reaction Eglinton reaction, a chemical...

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Kerelaw Castle

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: p. 15–16  The Cunninghames, led by the Earl of Glencairn burned Eglinton Castle to the ground in revenge in 1528. Kerelaw was rebuilt sometime after...

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Eglinton Avenue

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sources for the naming of Eglinton Avenue. Henry Scadding in an early history of the city wrote that it originated from Eglinton Castle in Scotland, itself...

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Skelmorlie Castle

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Renfrew. Another view is that Skelmorlie Castle was built by a brother of Hugh, the first Earl of Eglinton. This Hugh was the son of the second Lord...

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Eglinton Trophy

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to commemorate the medieval re-enactment known as the Eglinton Tournament held at Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning, North Ayrshire in 1839. At 4 foot 8 inch...

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Eglinton Tournament Bridge

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distance northwest of Eglinton Castle (grid reference NS 3206 4224) and was named after the Eglinton Tournament of 1839. The castle and surrounding grounds...

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Stanecastle

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altered. It once marked the southern entrance to the huge Eglinton Castle estate, now the Eglinton Country Park. The remaining section of the estate has been...

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Tunnels in popular culture

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said to run from Stanecastle near Irvine to Eglinton Castle and another from Stanecastle to Seagate Castle in Irvine, complete with a mythical piper. Monkredding...

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Kilwinning Abbey

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the abbey's chartulary, possibly at Eglinton Castle; certainly the seal of the monastery was preserved at the castle. At the beginning of the 17th century...

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Gonfalon

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The tip of a gonfalon from the 1839 Eglinton Tournament as held at Eglinton Castle in Scotland....

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Robert Burns and the Eglinton Estate

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are located at the Irvine Burns Club. Scotland portal Eglinton Castle Earl of Eglinton Eglinton Country Park Notes; Dougall, page 232. Douglas, page 24...

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Curling

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A curling match at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1860. The curling house is located to the left of the picture....

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Dovecote

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doocot at Newark Castle Lectern-style doocot at the site of the old Eglinton Mains farm in Ayrshire, Scotland Doocot at the Eglinton castle stables courtyard...

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Murder of Alexander Montgomerie

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Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton (10 February 1723 – 25 October 1769), was a wealthy Scottish peer and landowner. Lord Eglinton was mortally wounded on...

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