Culzean Castle: Robert Adam on the Ayrshire Cliffs
Southern Scotland, Scotland
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Culzean Castle: Robert Adam on the Ayrshire Cliffs
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Robert Adam rebuilt Culzean for the 10th Earl of Cassillis in stages between 1777 and 1792, turning a plainer house on the cliffs into the seat of the Kennedy chiefs, with its oval staircase at the centre. It now belongs to the National Trust for Scotland, and the top-floor apartment was given to General Eisenhower in 1945. Around it the 240-acre country park has a walled garden and clifftop paths looking out to Ailsa Craig.
Required Activities
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of 4
Tour Culzean Castle, remodelled by Robert Adam in 1777–1792 for the 10th Earl of Cassillis, with its oval staircase and the top-floor apartment given to General Eisenhower in 1945
2
of 4
Walk the clifftop paths of the country park
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of 4
Walk the walled garden
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of 4
Look out to Ailsa Craig, the granite island in the Firth of Clyde
Tour Culzean Castle, remodelled by Robert Adam in 1777–1792 for the 10th Earl of Cassillis, with its oval staircase and the top-floor apartment given to General Eisenhower in 1945
Walk the clifftop paths of the country park
Walk the walled garden
Look out to Ailsa Craig, the granite island in the Firth of Clyde
Before you go
The castle is open in the summer season; the country park, walled garden and cliff paths are open all year.
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