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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
BUSBIE CASTLE (In Ruins) Busbie Castle
Busby Castle
Busbie Castle
Busbie Castle
John Wilson Farmer
Johnston's Map of Ayrshire
George Melk, Factor
Peterson's Hist. [History] Ayrshire
017 [Situation] 127 Ch [Chains] E [East] of Carmelbank or 2 1/4 miles SW [South West] of Kilmaurs.
The ruins of a Peel or fortress generally believed in locality to have been erected by one Barclay - "In Style of building says Robertson seems to have belonged to the middle of the 14 Century"-

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Parish of Kilmaurs -- Co [County] Ayr -- Plan 17/12

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