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Look at the size of that spider! Perhaps just looking at this fabulous picture, by photographer Andy Sokell, might put you off coming to visit Dundonald Castle. However, there's no need to worry, they [...]

Last year, professional Glasgow historian and archivist, Dr Kirsteen Croll found work closer to home for family reasons. Glasgow's loss proved to be Dundonald's gain, as she's making a remarkable diff [...]

Dundonald Castle Community Heritage Project It’s a big day for our Community Heritage Project Team on Saturday. We’ve been laying the groundwork for the Heritage Project since last year, and this is t [...]

Photograph of the Week We hope you like our featured photograph this week, of a spring picnic from the Victorian era. Castle Hill looks so familiar, but with a few differences - can you spot them? We [...]

Holey Moley! Unlike most gardeners, at Dundonald Castle, we love nature's little excavators, the moles. Recently our furry helpers turned up a few interesting ancient artefacts - including some human [...]

Well, what a special week it’s been! Our feet are aching, but we’ve had a great couple of days, successfully illustrating archaeology and geophysics to our local schools. Update on the survey Dr Susan [...]

Earth Hour This week, we had a very cute visitor in the Visitor Centre! No, it wasn't FODC chairman Roy, but a cuddly Panda from the World Wildlife Fund -  here to raise awareness of 'Earth Hour'. 'Ea [...]

This is always a busy time of year at the castle, with ‘Friends of Dundonald Castle’ taking on summer staff, as visitor numbers increase. You’ve probably noticed there’s a real buzz about the Visitor [...]

We want to tell you a story about a lovely local lady who’s doing something remarkable with her blog, 'Love Exploring Scotland'. She’s a true friend of Dundonald Castle and we think you'll love her wo [...]

Previously, we told you all about the wonderful Dawn-Marie Wyllie and her blog, 'Love Exploring Scotland'. Here's the video footage that we mentioned, taken by Dawn-Marie's fiance, Alan. The Lie of th [...]

We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who came along and supported us at the Troon and Villages Decision Day. We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded the full £3000 we bid for [...]

For those of you who have not met little Starlite yet, here’s a quick introduction. Star is our little Castle Owl. He is still very young at only 5 months old but is already very good at his job. Our [...]

We would like to say a huge thank you to our two University of Glasgow archaeology students, Erin and Thomas, for choosing to complete their Heritage Placement with us here at Dundonald Castle. During [...]

Welcome back after the Christmas Holidays. We hope everyone enjoyed themselves! We are now happy to say we are open for business as usual again and hope to see some of you soon! We also have another e [...]

We are delighted to be able to share with you our first quarterly Newsletter! This newsletter was made possible by the support from Troon and Villages Locality Group and will also be availab [...]

It's finally here! We are delighted to announce that we have achieved our Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor for the second year in a row! Thank you to all the staff and visitors who work tire [...]

From Monday 26th March, we will be extending our opening hours to 9:30am - 5:30pm! Our admission prices this year are: £5 - Adult £4 - Concession £3 - 5-16 years FREE - Under 5's We look forward to we [...]

We have done it again! We have received our #CertificateofExcellence from TripAdvisor for 2018! We cannot thank all of our amazing visitors enough for all of their lovely reviews! Our dedicated team w [...]

Our Summer Newsletter is now available online! Check out what we've been up to and what we are doing over the summer! This edition is supported by Hillhouse Quary Group LTD You can also pick up a prin [...]

We would like you all to meet the newest member of our team Loki The Harris Hawk. For the last few years we have noticed more and more wild Jackdaws are making their nests and rearing their young insi [...]

      LAST IN THE SERIES, THIS THURSDAY EVENING JOIN US AND OUR FALCONER WITH HER MUCH LOVED BIRDS OF PREY. TICKETS REMAINING, £5 INCLUDES  LIGHT REFRESHMENTS Tickets available fro [...]

Dig It! TV are bringing a selection of Scotland’s lesser-known castles into the digital age through YouTube and Wikipedia A series of eight YouTube videos created in partnership with presenter David W [...]

For the past few months we have been running a weekly FREE Scrabble and Chess club every Wednesday afternoon. This has proved very successful and has created some great friendships! The Scrabble Club [...]

With Christmas just around the corner, we would just like to remind of the days we are closed over the coming Festive Period : Monday 24th December Tuesday 25th December Wednesday 26th Decemeber Tuesd [...]

Our Scrabble/Chess and Knit 'n' Natter clubs are now finished for the year! The Scrabble Club will start back weekly from Monday Wednesday 9th January 1:30-3:30pm. Knit 'n' Natter will start back from [...]