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Castle Kennedy

📍 Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

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Castle Kennedy is a small village 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is on the A75 road, and is within the civil parish of Inch. The village is to the south of the Lochinch Castle estate, which includes the ruins of the 17th-century Castle Kennedy, as well as Castle Kennedy Gardens which are open to the public.

The castle ruins sit within the renowned Castle Kennedy Gardens, set on an isthmus between the White and Black Lochs. The original castle was destroyed by fire in 1716. The 75-acre gardens were laid out in the 18th century by the 2nd Earl of Stair, who used soldiers from the Royal Scots Greys and Inniskilling Fusiliers as labourers. Listed on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland since 1987.