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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAIN CASTLE | Main Castle Main Castle Main Castle |
Alexander Steele Burnhead Thomas Morton Hollowhill William Brown Loanhead |
025 | This is a Small Knoll rising abruptly from the Avon Water it is situated on the Ayrshire side and is Partly Artificial it has a ditch at the west end, there in no tradition in the neighbourhood concerning it, and the only information that can be obtained is, that it is called "Main Castle" There are Several Knolls in the Loudon Parish resembling it, called castles. |
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[Page] 122County of Ayr -- No. 21 -- Parish of Galston.
"In connection with these Roman remains,
"may be mentioned another military station, on
" the Galston bank of the Avon, about 2 miles further
" to the South. It is nearly Surrounded by the river, &
"fortified, where it is not so, by a rampart & ditch.
" Its traditionary name in the neighbourhood is Main
" Castle, which, as there is not the slightest vestige of a
" Castle in the modern sense of the word, involuntary
" suggests to the classical scholar the Latin designation
" of Minora Castra. In the absence of evidence, therefore,
" to establish any other hypothesis is, it may not improbably
" be conjectured to have contained a detachment
" of the Army Station on the Allanton Beg." Patersons History -
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