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by Stormbringer » Thu Aug 07, 2025 8:23 pm
Dean Castle.
A castle in Kilmarnock; very picturesque, set in beautiful and extensive grounds (Dean Castle Country Park), has lots of rooms to explore and a fantastic arms-and-armour collection on display...but best of all, it's FREE to the public, thanks to its former owner, Lord Howard deβ―Walden, gifting the castle to the people of Kilmarnock in 1975, so now it's run by Ayrshire Council and is very well maintained. Highly recommend for a day out if you live in or are visiting the West of Scotland.
My fire is more than can be made with forests,
My state more base than are the basest valleys;
I wish no evenings more to see, each evening;
Shamed, I hate myself in sight of mountains,
And stop mine ears, lest I grow mad with music.