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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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KILCROY | Kilcroy or Meadowfoot Kilcroy Kilcroy |
William McCulloch John Jamieson H. Simpson |
067 | A Cothouse, one storey high, built of stone & lime, thatched, and in bad repair; the property of Rigby Wason Esqr. |
KILANTRINGAN (Site of) | Kilantringan Kilantringan Kilantringan Kilantringan |
George Mitchell John Galloway Hugh Galloway James Gemmell |
067 | Site of an old chapel, dedicated to St. Ninian. There is nothing left but the faint traces of a quadrangular Site to afford an idea of its probable dimensions |
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[Page] 104Sheet 67. Plan 15 Trace 3 & 6 Parish of Colmonel
"In the eastern part of this parish, about half a mile from Loch Duisk, there was a chapel which was dedicated to
St. Ninian, and which was called, in Gaelic Kil-an Ringan, signifying the chapel of St. Ninian; and a [place ?] of
adjacent was called the Chapel Croft. At the place where the chapel stood there is now a gentlemen's Seat
which is called Kilsaint Ninian, or Kil-an-Ringan, the last whereof was the ancient name of Celtic times"
Patersons Hist [History] of Ayr"
"Chapel Croft has been partially excavated by the present occupier, who found no
Sepulchral remains, thereby proving that the enclosure was not a place of interment."
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