OS1/3/18/41
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNWEILL | Barnweill Barnweill Barnweill Barnweil Barnweill Barnweill Holm farm of Barnweil |
James Watson Schr. [Schoolmaster] David Brown Sub Postmaster Robert Inglis Minister County Voters List Johnston's County Map is a neat house built about half a century ago Statistical Acct [Account] County Voters List |
028 | A neat and Substantially built dwellinghouse having out offices attached. Erected in the year 1792 in a plane modern Style of architecture two storeys high Slated and in good repair Property of General Neil. |
| CAMP [Barnweill] | 028 | About 400 yards west of the house on rising ground is an ancient Square camp one side of which is formed by a natural slope and the other three by a ditch six feet deep the space within being level with the ground surrounding it a little to the S.E. [South East] of the camp is a standing Stone about 4 feet high, 2 thick and 3 wide. There is no doubt but the camp was used for military purposes, but at what time or by what people is not known From its shape (Square) a person would be led to think is of Roman origin perhaps it may have been in connexion with the large encampment in the Ph. [Parish] of Dundonald. |
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[Page] 41-- Sheet 28.1Parish of Craigie
"There still exist some artificial mounds (named
" law hills) on which, in former times, persons guilty
"of crimes, real or supposed, are said
" to have been tried; but some of them appear to
" have been military encampments, especially the one
" on Barweill hill, and another near Campcastle."
From Statistical Account (1842)
" It is believed that all undoubted remains of Roman
" encampments are of a rectangular form,
" as might be expected from
" the minute description given by Poybius, LibI."
From Statistical Account (1842)
"The remains of the encampment on Barweill Hill, about
"one and a -half miles, south - west of Craigie Kirk, is of a square form,
"and in that account it would appear to have been of Roman construction.
" The Romans are known have penetrated Cunninghame
" & Kyle along the source of the river Irvine to its outlet to the sea. The camp
" at Barweill may have therefore been one of their stations, as it commands
" a most extensive view of the country."
Paterson's History of Ayrshire (1847)
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