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Rowallan Castle

📍 Ayrshire, Scotland

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About

Rowallan Castle is an ancient castle located in Scotland. The castle stands on the banks of the Carmel Water, which may at one time have run much closer to the low eminence upon which the original castle stood, justifying the old name Craig of Rowallan. Elizabeth Mure was mistress and then wife of Robert, High Steward of Scotland, and Guardian of Scotland, who later became King Robert II of Scotland. She may have been born at Rowallan.

Dating from the 13th century, one of Scotland's oldest surviving domestic buildings. Home of the Mure family — Elizabeth Mure married Robert the Steward (later Robert II), making Rowallan an ancestral home of the Stewart dynasty. The castle combines a rare 13th-century hall with a 16th-century tower. Recently restored. Located near Kilmarnock in Ayrshire.