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Auchencloigh Castle or Auchincloigh Castle (NGR NS 4945 1666 ) is a ruined fortification near the Burnton Burn, lying within the feudal lands of the Craufurd Clan, situated in the Parish of Ochiltree, East Ayrshire, Scotland. ==Auchencloigh Castle== No description or accurate pictorial representation of Auchencloigh castle seems to have survived. The site of the castle is on a mound and in 1978 some of its walls were standing at a height of between 0.6 and 1.6m and several feet in thick in a few places. The walls formed a rectangle and the interior seems to have been subdivided into several small rooms.〔(RCAHMS ) Retrieved : 2011-10-18〕 Auchencloigh mayy oonce have been part of a chain of fortalices forming a defensive line, including Drongan and Martnaham castles.〔Campbell, Page 222〕 The ruins of this medieval tower are of whinstone and were lime mortared and lie 100 metres to the east of the Auchencloigh Farm. No dating evidence has been found, however an early date is suggested by the thickness of the walls.〔 A 15th century date has been suggested by one author.〔Campbell, Page 122〕 Auchincloigh Farm was located nearby with a belt of woodland. The site of the castle is scheduled under the 'Ancient Mounuments and Archaeological Areas Act, 1979'.〔(Scheduled Monuments ) Retrieved : 2011-10-18〕 A William Wallace of Auchincloych was a witness to a precept by James Lord Torphicen in favour of John Chalmer of Inchgotrick in 1579.〔AWAA, Pages 155-56〕 In 1578 William and James Cuninghame of Polquharne (sic) granted the lands of Burntoun within their lands of Easter Polquharne to John Cuninghame, son of the said James.〔AWAA, Page 142〕 These lands were contiguous or inclusive of Auchencloigh. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Auchencloigh Castle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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