Sauchrie, Knockdon Castle
Castle (Medieval)
Site Name Sauchrie, Knockdon Castle
Classification Castle (Medieval)
Canmore ID 41669
Site Number NS31SW 7
NGR NS 30470 14226
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Maybole
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NS31SW 7 3046 1422.
(NS 3046 1422) Knockdon Castle (NR) (Site of).
OS 6" map (1958)
"Knockdone" is listed by Abercrummie as one of the dwellings of the gentry; it is marked as such on Armstrong's map. The remains of the castle were removed "within the memory of persons still living" in 1856, but nothing further was known of it at that time.
W Macfarlane 1907; Name Book 1856
No trace of this castle remains. It was situated on a shelf of ground above Sauchrie Burn.
Visited by OS (JLD) 7 December 1955
Previous field report confirmed.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 3 March 1967
Field Visit (October 1982)
Knockdon NS 304 142 NS31SW 7
The remains of this castle were probably removed in the late 18th or early 19th century. Knockdon is shown emparked on Pont's map of N Carrick and is listed as one of the dwellings of the gentry of Maybole in about 1700.
RCAHMS 1983, visited October 1982
(Pont 1654b; Paterson 1863-6, ii, 437-9; Macfarlane 1906-8, ii, 19).