Dunlop Castle
{{Short description|Castle near Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}
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Dunlop Castle was a 14th-century castle, about {{convert|2.5|mi}} north of Stewarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland. A large Jacobean-style house, Dunlop House, was built on the site in 1833.Coventry, Martin (1997) The Castles of Scotland. Goblinshead. {{ISBN|1-899874-10-0}} p.146
History
The property belonged to the Dunlops from the 13th century.
Structure
There is no record of the structure of the castle. It was described as “"an ancient strong house fortified with a deep foussie [ditch] of water". There was a stone dated 1599 over the doorway (and it was transferred to the present house; it is inscribed, “"O Lord let ever thy blessings remain within this house".{{cite web |url= https://canmore.org.uk/site/42921/dunlop-house|work=Canmore|title=Dunlop Castle|accessdate=2020-03-14}}
Tradition
Dunlop cheese is said to have originated here,