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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLENGARNOCK CASTLE (In Ruins) | Glengarnock Castle Glengarnock Castle Glengarnock Castle Glengarnock Castle Glengarnock Castle Glengarnock Castle |
"Ayrshire Wreath" W.C. Patrick Esqr William Craig Esqr Voters List New Stat. Acct. [New Statistical Account] Full [Fullarton] Gazetteer |
004 | The ruins of Glengarnock Castle stand on a precipice overhanging the River Garnock: about 2 miles North of the Village of Kilbirnie, the River Skirts two Sides of the precipice and flows through a ravine fully 80 feet in depth. the only access to the Castle is from the East in which direction the ridge on which it is perched - Slopes gently upwards to the [adjoining] fields. This Castle was formerly the residence of a Family of the name Cunninghame. it now belongs to William Cochran Patrick Esq Ladyland. who endeavours to Keep it in repair |
| GLEN GARNOCK | Glen Garnock Glen Garnock Glen Garnock |
William Dobie Esqr W.C. Patrick Esqr Mr. James Orr. |
004 | A thick Woody Glen. Through which the Rr [River] Garnock - flows. the glen begins immediately above the Castle and Ends near Millside Farm. |
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[Page] 41-- Trace 5 -- Sheet 7.16[Further notes - Glengarnock Castle]
The ruins show neither the Arrow slit nor gun-port of defence
So common in Similar old houses. Perhaps the situation
was itself so secure as to render unnecessary the
ordinary means of repelling an attack. The uniformity
of style in all castellated mansions, erected prior to the discovery of gunpowder
renders it hazardous to be precise regarding the date of their construction.
For, however, conversant with such remains of feudal architecture, would
hesitate to asign to the ruins of this Stronghold, any antiquity as remote
as that of any remains of masonry in the West of Scotland. It is
not, therefore, improbable that Glengarnock Castle may have
existed in the time of the De Morvilles, though the conjecture of
its having been the residence of these ancients lords of Cunninghame,
appears written to nearly the Same Consideration as that of its having
been the Castle of Hardyknute.
New Stat. Acct. [New Statistical Account]
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