Seagate Castle

Seagate Castle is close to the River Irvine (Scottish Gaelic: Irbhinn) and is located in the town of Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Irbhinn, Siorrachd Àir a Tuath, Alba). The structure as seen today dates from the 16th-century. However, it is thought to be the third castle that has occupied this site. The first prior to 1184 which would have been a wooden castle tower or motte. It was strengthened and rebuilt in stone in the 1360s and further remodelled and added to in 1565 by Hugh the 3rd Earl of Eglinton. It is now a building incorporating a mixture of styles including castle and mansion house. It fell into disrepair from around 1746 onwards. 

Image: Seagate Castle from the north-east, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Source Muniments of Royal Burgh of Irvine by Roger Griffith - W. Galloway 1890.