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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIRKHILL CASTLE (In Ruins) | Kirkhill Castle Kirkhill Castle Kirkhill Castle Kirkhill Castle Kirkhill Castle Kirkhill Castle Castle of Kirkhill |
Mr William Neilson William Dill John F. Gray John Jamieson Alexander Cathcart Esq. Statistical Acct. [Account] 1842 Patersons Hist. [History] of Ayr |
066 | [Situation] Near the east edge of the plan adjacent to the village of Colmonell The ruins of an ancient Castle, which would appear to have been built More for beauty than Strength as the walls (the whole of which between are yet Standing) are not so thick as those of most ancient Strongholds. It Stands adjoining the New Castle, a little to the North of the Village & from the date stone appears to have been erected in 1589 |
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[Page] 35 -- Trace No. 4 -- Parish of Colmonell -- Sheet 66. 2 & 3" The House or Castle of Kirkhill is situated close to the Village of Colmonell . It is in Ruins, but
"pretty entire and in good preservation . It is a large building and like many others throughout
"the district in every particular Similar to the French country -house of the Sixteenth Century .
" The Mounds of earth in the glebe, in front of the castle, were obviously intended to defend the ford
"across the river. The castle bears the inscriptions. T.K. 1589. J.K. Thomas Kennedy and Janet Kennedy .
"The Arms of the husband and wife , the builders of this Structure, have been cut in stone placed
"above the door, but are now so much obliterated. that is impossible to make them out farther than
" that they have both been those of the Kennedies. Kirkhill gave the title to Sir Thomas Kennedy.
" provost of Edinburgh in 1680." Patersons Hist. [History] of Ayr
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