East Ayrshire
| Name | Type | Date | Condition | Ownership | Location | Notes | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiket Castle | Restored and used as a residence | Private | Near Dunlop | See Barony of Aiket | |||
| Auchencloigh Castle | Tower House | 15th century | Scant remains | Private | Near Sinclairston | ||
| Barr Castle | Tower house | 15th century | In use as a Masonic Lodge with a museum | Masonic Lodge | Galston NS501366 | Also known as Lockhart Tower | |
| Busbie Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Scant remains | Garden of residence | Knockentiber | Demolished in the 1950s | |
| Caprington Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Still in use as a residence | Private | Near Kilmarnock NS407362 | Extended to form a baronial house in the 1830s | |
| Carnell Castle | Tower house | 15th century | Still in use as a residence and hotel | Private | NS467322 | Extended to form a baronial house in 1843 | |
| Cessnock Castle | Tower house | 13th century | Restored as a residence | Private | Galston NS510355 | ||
| Corsehill Castle | Tower house | Ruined | Private | Stewarton NS416467 | See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop | ||
| Craufurdland Castle | Tower house | 14th century | Still in use as a residence | Private | Near Kilmarnock NS455407 | Extended to form a gothic house in the 19th century | |
| Dean Castle | Courtyard Castle | 14th century | Restored as a museum | East Ayrshire Council | Kilmarnock NS436394 | Restored 1935-6 | |
| Dunlop Castle | No remains | Private | Near Dunlop village | ||||
| Kerse Castle | No remains | Private | Near Hollybush | ||||
| Kilmaurs Castle | No remains | Private | Near Jocksthorn Farm, Kilmaurs | Replaced by later Kilmaurs Place | |||
| Kingencleugh Castle | 'L' Shaped Tower castle | 17th Century | Ornamental ruins | Private | Near Mauchline | Part of the Kingencleugh House estate | |
| Lainshaw Castle | Lainshaw House incorporates part of the old castle | Private | Stewarton | See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop | |||
| Lochdoon Castle | Ruined | Historic Scotland | |||||
| Loudoun Castle | Courtyard Castle | by the 1820s | Substantial ruins | Private | Near Galston | Destroyed by fire in 1941, formerly known as Windsor of the North, incorporated into a theme park between 1995–2010 | |
| Mauchline Castle | Still standing | Private | Mauchline town | ||||
| Martnaham Castle | Tower | 15th century | Ruins | Private | On an island in Martnaham Loch | ||
| Newmilns Tower | Keep | 1530s | Restored and used as a residence | Private | Newmilns | Restored in 1997 - locally referred to as The Keep | |
| Polkelly Castle | Tower | 14th century | Removed | Private | Near Polkelly Hall | Ruins used to build a road in the 1850s | |
| Ravenscraig Castle | Ruined | See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop | |||||
| Riccarton Castle | No remains | A commemorative plaque is at the fire station | |||||
| Robertland Castle | Tower | 16th century | The motte and a few stones remain. Robertland House was built from its remains. | Private | Near Stewarton | ||
| Rowallan Castle | Still standing | limited access Historic Scotland | Near Kilmarnock | In the grounds of a Golfing development. | |||
| Sorn Castle | |||||||
| Templehouse Fortalice | No remains | Stewarton | See Corsehill, Lainshaw, Robertland and Dunlop | ||||
| Terringzean Castle, East Ayrshire | Substantial ruins | Private | Near Auchinleck | In the grounds of Dumfries House | |||
| Trabboch Castle | L-plan Tower House | 14th century | Ruin | Private | Near Stair | Much of the stone used to build the nearby farm |
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