Turnberry, General
Village (Medieval)
Site Name Turnberry, General
Classification Village (Medieval)
Canmore ID 40583
Site Number NS10NE 3
NGR NS 196 072
NGR Description Centred NS 196 072
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Kirkoswald
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS10NE 3 centred 196 072
There is a local tradition that near to Turnberry Castle (NS 196 072) there was a town of the same name, of which no vestige now survives.
W Macfarlane 1907.
Since the construction of a wartime airfield and Turnberry golf course the original undulating duneland has been transformed, and no trace of possible Medieval occupation is visible in the vicinity of the castle. From local information it was established that within living memory a farm and a group of cottages existed in area NS 197 071, but this is likely to have been 18/19th century occupation of which no trace now exists.
Visited by OS (JRL), 31 May 1977.