Crookston Castle

Substantial remains of early fifteenth century tower of unusual type within the ditch and bank of a medieval earthwork. The castle takes its name from Sir Robert Croc of Neilston, a vassal of the Steward of Scotland in the twelfth century. In the fourteenth the lands passed to Alan Stewart of Darnley, cousin of Robert II, whose descendants included Sir John Stewart, Constable of the Scots in France, who was killed at the siege of Orleans in 1429 and was probably the builder of the tower. Located one mile south-east of Crookston and two and a half miles east-south-east of Paisley.