Ochiltree Castle, East Ayrshire

Built by the de Colville family in the 12th century, it was destroyed in 1449, by Sir William Douglas.

The Castle of Ochiltree was captured by Douglas in 1449, and Colville and his male retainers slaughtered and his lands laid waste.

[1] After the castle was destroyed, all of the stones from the ruin were carried away, reused in building houses and dykes on the adjoining farms.

[1] The peerage of Ochiltree became dormant in 1675, and the barony passing through many hands, went into the possession of the first Earl of Dundonald, who bestowed it upon his second son, Sir John Cochrane.

It was forfeited by Sir John in 1685, but re-acquired by his son from the Crown in 1686, was purchased from the Cochrane family about 1737 by Governor James Macrae, who left it to Miss Macquire, afterwards Countess of Glencairn through her marriage to the 13th Earl.