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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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BUNTONHILL MOUNT | Buntonhill Mount Buntonhill Mount |
Mr J Smith Buntonhill William Thompson Billsland Robert Parker Adam Esq Tour |
018 | A Circular plantation of Forest and fir trees the property of the Earl of Eglinton. |
Supposed Site of KILMAURS CASTLE | Supposed Site of Kilmaurs Castle | Rober Parker Adam Esq Tour Mr Dunlop Mr McKillop Kilmaurs |
018 | The Authorities quoted consider this to be the place where Kilmaurs Castle Stood. R.P. Adam Esq of Tour is pretty Confident on the matter both from tradition and from particular [Lime] in lumps and Stones which have been found here from time to time there was a large trough also found here Considered to have been a Stone Coffin which is now to be Seen adjoining the pump at Jock's Thorn |
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[Page] 47County of Ayr
Ph [Parish] Kilmaurs
See Extracts from Paterson's Histy [History] Ayrshire
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