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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUNDRUM | Sundrum Sundrum Sundrum Sundrum |
Estate Map 1805 Revd. [Reverend] Alexander Duncan Mr. John Smith Mr. Robert Kirkland. |
034 | A large plain Stately old mansion from three to four storeys high slated and in tolerable repair, apart of the South east wall (on the front side) is considered to be very old and 13 feet thick at the base built by some of the Pictish Lords Situated on the South bank of the Water of Coil on a rising ground commanding a beautiful view of the extensive plantations and Park in the neighbourhood and of the Surrounding Country the property of John Hamilton Esqr |
| SUNDRUM COTTAGE | Sundrum Cottage Sundrum Cottage Sundrum Cottage Sundrum Cottage |
- Revd. [Reverend] Alexander Duncan Mr. John Smith Mr. Robert Kirkland |
034 | A modern building in the Elizabethan Style one storey high with attic and projecting roof neatly laid out and kept in very good repair Situated in a hollow at a sharp turn turn on the bank of the Water of Coil the garden attached to both Mansions is well laid out and enclosed with Stone walls 7 feet high - the Park though Small is ornamental with very large old trees the property and residence of John Hamilton Esqr - |
| NESS (Waterfall) | Ness Ness Ness Ness |
- Revd. [Reverend] Alexander Duncan Mr. John Smith Mr. Robert Kirkland |
034 | A perpendicular Waterfall or Linn on the Water of Coil of about 16 feet over a rock which appears to great advantage from the drawing room of Sundrum Mansion Situated at a Sharp angle in the River and about 20 Chains north of Sundrum - on whose estate it is - |
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Sundrum signifies the ridge of trees - Sonn a tree and druim the backbone or ridge of
a hill which is precisely characteristic of the situation. The old hall is still used as the
dining room. Tradition will have it that the castle belonged to the Pictish era.
Patterson's History of Ayrshire (1847)
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