OS1/3/40/45
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPELTON COTTAGE | Hollowchapel Cottage Hollowchapel Cottage Hollowchapel Cottage Hollow Chapel Cottage |
Thomas Oliver John Findlay Alexander McCaw Andrew Craig |
044 | An old Cot-house, uninhabited, one Storey high, thatched, and in a bad State of repair. Property of the Marquis of Ailsa. - |
| HOLLOWSHEAN CAMP | Hollowshean Camp Hollowshean Camp Hollowshean Camp Hollowshean Camp Hallowshean |
Thomas Oliver John Findlay Alexander McCaw Andrew Craig Johnston's County Map |
044 | An old fort or Camp, having a Natural defence in a Steep Slope to the South west, and North; but to the east it has three parallel ditches, evidently artificial and in a good state of preservation. Nothing is known respecting it by the people of the neighbourhood, though no doubt it has been a place of Strength at Some remote period. Property of the Marquis of Ailsa. - |
Continued entries/extra info
Sheet 44.14 -- Parish of Kirkoswald -- [page] 45"The only antiquities of which the parish (Girvan) can boast are
"five circular encampments, generally regarded as ancient British
"strengths. They occupy the ridge of hills already described, and all of
"them command a view of the sea. One of them is somewhat remarkable
"as having two parallel ditches. These encampments, in all likelihood,
"belong to the period of the Danish, Irish and Scottish (The Scots from Argyle
"under Alpin) invasions". - Pattersons History of Ayrshire page 76.
This Camp being in the same neighbourhood will probably have
had a similar origin.
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