An axe-hammer from Auchans Castle is now preserved in the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock.
An urn, containing fragments of human bones, was found near Auchans Castle by a workman who was digging in a small mound of gravel.
The urn, crudely made, disintegrated on exposure, and the remaining fragments were sent to the nearby Dundonald manse, where they were kept for some time.
There is no local tradition of a tumulus having existed where this burial urn was found.
An extensive area of rig-and-furrow cultivation near the castle has been recorded from aerial photographs.

The OS map of the mid-19th century shows a fort on the heights at the Hallyards.
An axe-hammer from Auchans Castle is now preserved in the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock. An urn, containing fragments of human bones, was found near Auchans Castle by a workman who was digging in a small mound of gravel. The urn, crudely made, disintegrated on exposure, and the remaining fragments were sent to the nearby Dundonald manse, where they were kept for some time. There is no local tradition of a tumulus having existed where this burial urn was found. An extensive area of rig-and-furrow cultivation near the castle has been recorded from aerial photographs.
The OS map of the mid-19th century shows a fort on the heights at the Hallyards.
Auchans Castle, Ayrshire