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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MAUCHLINE HILL Mauchline Hill
Mauchline Hill
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Mauchline Hill
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Mauchline Hill
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Mauchline Hill
Welton Hill
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Welton Hill
Mr. McQuean Factor
Mr. Fairley Free Church Manse
Mr. Lammie Greenside Cottage
Johnson's Co. [County] Map
Paterson's History
William Jamieson West Welton
William Crawford East Welton
029 Although this Hill Cannot be more than 3 or 4 Hundred feet in height (from the base to the Summit,) yet it is rendered very Conspicuous by the flatness of the Surrounding Country. It Commands a view of nearly the whole of Ayrshire a great portion of Renfrew & Lanark Shires the Firth of Clyde Arran Hills and Cantire And it is Said that on a clear day the pass of Jura Can be discerned from its Summit The Hill tho' [though] fit for Cultivation is Kept in pasture and judiciously enclosed with a thriving Plantation. It is sometimes Called Welton Hill by the people residing in the immediate locality but it is popularly Known throughout the parish as "Mauchline Hill" It is the property of Mr Alexander of Ballochmyle

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County of Ayr
Parish of Mauchline

"Mauchline Hill, which forms part of 'the long
ridge of Kyle,' is the only eminence of any consequence in
the parish. - Paterson's History of Ayr
page 324

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