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Messy Play Sessions at Stewarton Area Centre and Tots Sessions at Darvel Town Hall will not take place this week on 19 & 20 August. And on the following dates.

  • Messy Play at Stewarton Area Centre -  27th August & 3rd September
  • Tot's Sessions at Darvel Town Hall -  26th August & 2nd September
  • Tot's Sessions at Rose Reilly - 22nd August & 29th August
  • Funky Friday Sessions at Grange -  22nd August & 29th August  

    Burns House Museum and Library will be closed to the public from Fri 22 August reopening Sat 13 September to allow for essential building work.
    Newmilns Library will be closed between 11.45am-1pm on Wednesday 27th August
    We apologise for any inconvenience. 

Dean Castle Collections - Highlight

The latest item in our series of highlights from Dean Castle's Collections is an ear dagger.

Pictured is a rare and particularly fine example of an ear dagger, so called because it's pommel resembles an ear.

Composed of steel, brass and ivory the dagger was made in Spain and belongs to the collections of the 8th Lord Howard De Walden.

Dean Castle will reopen in Spring 2023.

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