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Aiket Castle

Where is Aiket Castle?

Aiket Castle is in the parish of Dunlop and the county of Ayrshire.

Grid reference: NS 3878 4875

Lat / long: 55.705357, -4.567223

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OS Map for Aiket Castle

Kilmarnock & Irvine (Stewarton & Beith)
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Directions to Aiket Castle

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Weather at Aiket Castle

9°C
max 10°C / min 7°C

15km/h SW
1030mb
93%
0%
03:34 21:06

Clear sky
Weather observed at Beith at 00:43

References (books)

The Castles of Scotland

Martin Coventry
Prestongrange, 2015

The Fortified House in Scotland - Volume III

Nigel Tranter
Edinburgh, 1965

References (websites)

Castles near Aiket Castle

Giffen Castle (site of)

Corsehill Castle

Corsehill House (site of)

Dunlop Castle (site of)

Lainshaw

Templehouse

Chapel Hill (possible)

Hessilhead Castle (site of)

Law Mount

more castles....

Ancient sites near Aiket Castle

Drybridge cursus

Gleniffer Braes standing stones

Gowkstone standing stone

Camp Castle broch

Auld Hill fort

Longhaugh Point standing stone

Langbank crannog

Langbank East crannog

Langbank West crannog

more ancient sites....

Pictish stones near Aiket Castle

Hawkhill Class III cross-slab

Dunadd Class I rock carving

Blackford Class I symbol stone

Tullibole Class III cross slab

Princes Street Gardens Class I symbol stone

Fowlis Wester Class II cross-slab

Fowlis Wester Church Class III cross-slab

Trusty's Hill Class I rock carving

Dupplin Cross Class III cross

more Pictish stones....

Pictish sites near Aiket Castle

Whitecleugh silver chain

Todholes (possible) silver chain

Borland silver chain

Whitlaw silver chain

Haddington silver chain

Norrie's Law hoard

Traprain Law silver chain

Hoardweel silver chain

Torvean silver chain

more Pictish sites....

Cafés, restaurants & bars near Aiket Castle

Wee Café, Craufurdland

caféKilmarnock

Bowfield Hotel & Country Club

hotel, restaurant, barHowwood

Premier Inn Kilmarnock

hotel, restaurantKilmarnock

Lynnhurst Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barJohnstone

Premier Inn Glasgow Newton Mearns (M77 J4)

hotel, restaurantNewton Mearns

Premier Inn Glasgow (Paisley)

hotel, restaurantGlasgow

Bull Inn

Best Western Eglinton Arms Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barEaglesham

Ramada Glasgow Airport

hotel, bar, restaurantPaisley

Holiday Inn Glasgow Airport

hotel, restaurant, barPaisley

more food.... / more drink....