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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
SENTRY ROOMS (In Ruins) 044 [Continued from previous page]
it stands the ruins of two sentry rooms built of lime & stone. & connected with each other by an arch. These belonged to the old Castle of [Culeyean], the walls are 26 feet high Embattled walls extend from those to the Castle yard. Culzean Coat of Arms are cut out in an Arch leading into the right wing of the building. the shield represents a chevron with three coxes one on the nombril point, the others on the dexter and the sinister chief. on each side escutcheon stands an eagle. above the shield stands the crown On the tops of the crest a dolphin with a man seated on its back & having in his right hand a javeline in the act of throwing it. The Motto is Avis la Fine, On the right wing of the castle are Mortar guns throwing 8 inch diameter shells. Two brass cannon mounted on Carriages stand on the left side of the Castle. 40 yards West of the Castle is a small battery of 12 sixpounders further West stands the Magazine built on a rocKy cliff. Immediately in front of the Castle are two terrace rising 7 feet above one another on these terraces are cultivated some of the rarest & most delicate shrubs seldom found growing in the open air in this Country A little South of the Castle are the new gardens made in the year 1786, These are extensive orchards off with great taste. Between the Castle and the gardens stands a glass conservatory one storey high & containing some of the finest flowers, in front of which is an ornamental plot.
CULZEAN HARBOUR Culzean Harbour
Culzean Harbour
Culzean Harbour
Alexander McCaw
J Findlay
Thomas Oliver
044 Formed by a small battery of rubble stones fastened together with Iron bars, and piles driven into the sand, a small port landing affords a safe passage for yachts for which purpose it was constructed by the Marquis of Ailsa

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No.21 Sheet 44.2- Parish of Kirkoswald -- [Page] 8

[Note in pencil] Sentry rooms
antiquity
what of old Castle
and named stirrup?
Battery
Magazine
Glass house

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