Ayrshire's Heritage

All along the coast, the visual evidence of prehistoric standing stones, Roman marching camps, Iron Age duns, Norman mottes, medieval castles attacked by Vikings from long ships beached on sandy strands, Cromwell’s fort, and nuclear power stations – coupled with its enduring links with Burns, Bruce, Wallace, and Mary Queen of Scots – all point to the richness of Ayrshire’s ancient and modern history.

On the route are many superb and famous sites, including:

• Historic castles at Turnberry, Culzean, Dunure, Greenan, Dundonald, Seagate, Ardrossan, Portencross and Kelburn
• In Ayr - St John’s Tower, Cromwell’s Fort, Loudoun Hall, Lady Cathcart’s House, the Auld Kirk and the Auld Brig, are all on the path route
• The Maritime Museum in Irvine
• Vikingar in Largs
• Tam o Shanter’s Auld Brig o Doonnear RobertBurns’ Cottage
• Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway
• The Smugglers’ Path from Troon to Dundonald Castle
• Kilwinning Abbey