Mysterious castle - somewhere in Scotland!

Whilst collecting a new car all the way in Dumfries last week, we stumbled upon this place. I cant find any history or info on the internet at all but i would love to know more about it. If anyone knows about this place i'd love to hear about it. This was one of my favourite explores so far, we didnt get access to the castle tower type thing and didnt want to go too far inside the buildings as we had our young daughter with us.
ANyway, enough waffling, here's the pics.

Approaching..





Asbestos roof?


Inside one of the buildings



The stables



Somewhere to tie your horse!






The place was full of jack daws, pigeons and kestrels. A lot of dead ones about too


Orbs, spooooky! lol


I loved this place, the castle has so much character and the location is beautiful, its a shame this place has been left to the pigeons. It made me a little sad. Anyway, hope you enjoyed the pics, sorry they are not great, i'm not a photographer just an explorer!

Whoa, that's some horror movie stuff right there!

On the contrary, your photos are good – and this looks like a great site. Quite an ornate building, and unlike anything I've seen elsewhere in Scotland – would love to know more about it, too.

thanks wolfism. looking through holes in the bolted doors, the inside of the castle was beautifully tiled in bright colours of reds and greens. You may have noticed that even the horses stable was tiled in green. round the back i found an apple orchard gone wild. Its a cracking place. Location wise, it was on a coastal road leading from Borgue to Kirkandrews.

the dead pigeons were probably due to the kestrel.nice find though would like to find out more.thanks for sharing.by the way your fotos are fine.

thats awsome! which side of Scotland is it?

and it cant be Scotland the suns shining

The sun is shining, obviously it's the East side. And a weekday.

It looks like a superb site, and it's something of an achievement to find a place that Wolfism doesn't know.

The site is south west of Scotland.

I think rain in Scotland is a myth. Every time i've been there its been sunny! I went to the Isle of Mull a couple of years ago and it was red hot for 8 days running!

Bingo - http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/B...t=ALL&div=Stewartry&whs=Any&conser=Any&Page=1

It's a farm and dairy. Closed in 1984.

I thought it had the look of a 'farm mains'

There's one or two like this near me, in use unfortunately... There is rather a good-looking derelict one in Fife I've passed a few times

zimbob said:

There is rather a good-looking derelict one in Fife I've passed a few times

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Oh really? PM please, i'm prob out doing something fun this afternoon

This place was also known as 'The Coo Palace' I see

Very nice find, Vogel. Impressive building...love the wooden vaulting and windows. Some lovely details there.

zimbob said:

There is rather a good-looking derelict one in Fife I've passed a few times

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I'd like to know where that is too. I'm not doing something fun today though, we're going to the in-laws.

foz101 said:

Oh really? PM please, i'm prob out doing something fun this afternoon

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Just looked at it on Flashearth, it's maybe not quite as interesting as it looks from the road when seen from above..... I'll send you the link anyhoo

RichardB said:

I'd like to know where that is too. I'm not doing something fun today though, we're going to the in-laws.

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PM sent

I intend to get some interesting stuff done over the next 4 weeks - I've accepted a new job offer, so my current employers insist I work my notice as 'garden leave'

I should be in Fife at some point....

foz101 said:

Bingo - http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/B...t=ALL&div=Stewartry&whs=Any&conser=Any&Page=1

It's a farm and dairy. Closed in 1984.

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foz101 - Nice one mate. that was a very complete history of the place. Interesting stuff.

What a cracking find, makes you wonder why a place like that would be left empty, you'd think somebody would buy it for a hotel or something. Wayne

foz101 said:

Bingo - http://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/B...t=ALL&div=Stewartry&whs=Any&conser=Any&Page=1

It's a farm and dairy. Closed in 1984.

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It looks far more impressive than just a farm / dairy those are some substantial walls. Looks like it could be somewhere on the Baltic coast, almost teutonic in appearance. You really caught the character of the place in those pics

Trinpaul said:

You really caught the character of the place in those pics

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Thanks man, i appriciate the compliment.

Good find mate,at least you found out what it was in the end. Always a bonus when you go somewhere for a purpose and you find somewhere like this!The bird graveyard definately put me off my KFC though!