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Château de Culzean
Le château de Culzean (en anglais : Culzean Castle) est un château près de Maybole sur la côte de l'Ayrshire en Écosse. Robert Adam, célèbre architecte écossais, participa à la reconstruction d'une portion du château dans les années 1770. Ancienne demeure du marquis d'Ailsa (en), le chef du Clan Kennedy, le Château est désormais la propriété du National Trust for Scotland. En guise de remerciement pour le rôle de soutien des États-Unis d'Amérique durant la 2e Guerre mondiale à l'Écosse, on accorda l'usage d'une partie du Château au Général Eisenhower, lequel y séjourna à quelques occasions. Depuis 1987, une illustration du château se trouve sur le billet de cinq livres émis par la Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Culzean Castle
Culzean Castle ( kul-AYN, see yogh; Scots: Culzean, Culȝean, Colean) is a castle overlooking the Firth of Clyde, near Maybole, Carrick, in South Ayrshire, on the west coast of Scotland. It is the former home of the Marquess of Ailsa, the chief of Clan Kennedy, but is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland. The clifftop castle lies within the 240 acres (97 ha) Culzean Castle Country Park, which also contains a walled garden, other estate buildings that are open to the public, shops and cafés, and a playground. The castle is open to the public throughout the summer, and the wider estate is open all year.
There are eight self-catering properties available for holiday rental within the country park, include the Brewhouse Flat which is located within the castle itself. The castle can also be hired for private events.
From 1972 until 2015, an illustration of the castle was featured on the reverse side of five pound notes issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Thomaston Castle
Thomaston Castle is a medieval castle located west of Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It looks much as it did hundreds of years ago. Little has changed, except for the addition of a house located on the property. The castle is run down and has debris falling in on it.
Thomaston Castle was originally built in the 13th century for a nephew of Robert The Bruce, and first owned by Alan McIlvaine (b. 1500 in Ayrshire) whose family supplied wine to the Earls Kennedy, owners of nearby Culzean Castle. Upon his death, Thomaston passed to Patrick McIlvaine on his marriage to Isobel Kennedy, a daughter of Gilbert Kennedy, 3rd Earl of Cassilis.
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Glenside railway station
Glenside railway station was a railway station near Culzean Castle, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.
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Balchriston Level Crossing Halt railway station
Balchriston Level Crossing Halt was a railway halt near Culzean Castle, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The halt was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.
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Maidens railway station
Maidens railway station was a railway station serving the village of Maidens, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was part of the Maidens and Dunure Light Railway.