TY - JOUR AU - David Caldwell PY - 1974/11/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Ardrossan Castle, Ayrshire: a preliminary account JF - Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland JA - PSAS VL - 104 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.9750/PSAS.104.201.221 UR - http://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/psas/article/view/8817 AB - NS 232422. The 13th-century castle had a small courtyard entered through a gatehouse with vaulted cellars to one side. The gatehouse was rebuilt, then refloored and the doorway narrowed and eventually blocked to convert it into a tower-house in late 14th century. A new entrance may have been made on the other side of the castle, with keyhole gunports in the wall; 16th-century mouthed gunports were added. A grave-slab was re-used as a lintel to an underground passage leading out to a well. Since the castle is first recorded in 1484, its purpose is considered in terms of local history and the genealogy of the holders of Ardrossan. D F R ER -