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Kirkoswald (Scots: Kirkossald) [1] is a village and parish in the Carrick district of Ayrshire, Scotland, 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (3 kilometres) from the coast and four miles (six kilometres) southwest of Maybole. It takes its name from its kirk (church), dedicated to Oswald of Northumbria, who is said to have won a battle here in the 7th century.
The scheme for classifying buildings in Scotland is: Category A: "buildings of national or international importance, either architectural or historic; or fine, little-altered examples of some particular period, style or building type." [1]
Maidens is a village in the Kirkoswald parish of Ayrshire, Scotland.Situated on the coast of the Firth of Clyde at the southern end of Maidenhead Bay, a series of rocks known as the "Maidens” form a natural harbour.
The remains of Turnberry Castle. Turnberry Castle is a fragmentary ruin on the coast of Kirkoswald parish, near Maybole in Ayrshire, Scotland. [1] Situated at the extremity of the lower peninsula within the parish, it was the seat of the Earls of Carrick. Turnberry Castle is adjacent to Turnberry Golf Course.
The ruins of Turnberry Castle on the Carrick coast, former seat of the Earls of Carrick. Carrick's scattered villages and rugged terrain made it a favourite haunt of the persecuted Covenanters in the seventeenth century, and its rocky coastline with its many hidden coves and inlets has made it a favourite location for smuggling. [1]
Kirkoswald Castle, photo circa 1895. Kirkoswald Castle is located to the southeast of the village of Kirkoswald, Cumbria, England.
CastleStories - Google Map Explorer; Scottish castles guide; Interactive Scottish castle map (with links to Wikipedia articles of the castles and geo-links to Google maps earth view) An index to castle ruins is in "Royal National Directory of Scotland" (1915).List of Castle ruins "Royal National Directory of Scotland" (1915) p.XIX
Ayrshire is roughly crescent-shaped and is a predominantly flat county with areas of low hills; it forms part of the Southern Uplands geographic region of Scotland. The north of the county contains the main towns and bulk of the population.