Old photograph of the tower in the Citadel in Ayr, Scotland. Tour Ayr and Kilmarnock. Under Oliver Cromwell five citadels were built in Scotland to control the Scots, such as at Leith in Edinburgh, Perth in Perthshire, Inverlochy, Ayr and Inverness in the Highlands, with Ayr being the largest. The Ayr Citadel, built in 1653, was designed by the Dutch architect named Hans Ewald Tessin. After 1660 the citadel had been partly dismantled to prevent its use by persons hostile to King Charles II. The tower was used by Cromwell's soldiers as a look out tower as well as an armoury and chapel.
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