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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STONE COFFINS FOUND HERE [tumulus; Carmyle] | Stone Coffins found here | John Gilchrist Knockentiber House John Fulton |
017 | Some years ago while the present occupiers of Carmyle were working in parcel .603 they discovered 4 Stone Coffins one of which Contained human bones. This is well Known in the locality and the site was pointed out by Mr J Gilchrist of Knockentiber House and also Messrs John & William Fulton of Carmyle. The Surface is pared from the Tumulus, but the mound partially remains, spread [Initially] JB |
| TUMULUS [Carmyle] | 017 | Some years ago while the present occupiers of Carmyle were working in parcel .603 the discovered 4 Stone Coffins one of which Contained human bones. This is well known in the locality and the site was pointed out by Mr J Gilchrist of Knockentiber House And also Messrs John & William Fulton of Carmyle. The Surface is pared from the Tumulus, but the mound partially remains, spread [Initially] JB | ||
| ELEPHANTS TUSK FOUND HERE | Elephants Tusk found here | John Fulton Senior John Fulton Junior William Fulton |
017 | The parties named as Authorities are intelligent respectable men they State that Several Years ago a tooth or Tusk of an Elephant was found in a Quarry which at that time was worked no trace of the quarry is now to be Seen except the precipitous Sides of a Slope |
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[Page] 35County of Ayr -- Parish of Kilmaurs
"These graves have been found within the circuit of one
of three large barrows or tumuli Situated on either
bank of the Carmel Water: The tumulus to which they
pertain being as already stated upon Waterpark farm
and the others being Situated on Greenhill farm - the
most remarkable of the three being close to Greenhill farmhouse".
Patersons Hist [History] Ayrshire
Page 210.
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