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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORT (Vitrified) [Kemp Law] | Fort in Ruin |
Mr John Wood Hallyards John Dean Old Auchans Francis Allan Forester |
022 | The ruins of this fort are on the eastern point of Kemplaw on an abrupt hill near the farm of Hallyards. the action of fir is visible throughout the whole of the Material Comprising the Artificial Mound which may be ranked among the Vitrified Forts of Scotland. This object is well known to the intelligent portions of the Community in the [neighbourhood] of Hallyards. - |
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[Page] 77County of Ayr
No. 21
Parish of Dundonald
" At Kemplaw, on the estate of Lady Montgomerie are the ruins of a
vitrified fort, It stands on a projecting eminence formed by two ravines;
but it is in such complete state of dilapidation, that the form of the
edifice is entirely effaced. A few weeks ago a piece of iron was discovered
imbedded in a block of vitrified stone. It is about four inches in length
but at one end, and exactly in the form of an ear-ring drop. The position
in which it was found would indicate accident rather than design
but to what purpose either of ornament or utility, it could have originally
been applied, we cannot even conjecture. we believe it is intended
to send it to the Mechanic's Museum at Ayr. New Stat. Act. [Statistical Account]
"Among the hills is still discernable the vestige of another Castle,
called Kemplaw, and which is said to have been of high antiquity.
Old Stat. [Statistical] Account
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