Culzean Castle

18th Century

Culzean (pronounced kuh-lane) is located on the SW coast, right near the lovely town of Ayr (where the wedding was, remember the wedding?) It's more of a huge chateau than a castle, per se, but impressive nontheless. A part of the house is still occupied by the administrator of the site (they ignored us noisy Americans). Culzean sits on a very impressive cliff overlooking the Firth of Clyde. The grounds are as nice as the house itself. Typical.

Gen. Eisenhower used the house during the war and was given some sort of honorary title to the place afterwards. There's a large exhibit pertaining to this inside the house. This was also the first castle we saw on our trip.

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