OS1/3/46/120
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAYBOLE CASTLE | Maybole Castle Maybole Castle Maybole Castle |
J.G. Hannay W. Menzies W Rennie |
044 ; 045 | An ancient seat of the Earl of [Cassillis] with which are associated various local traditions - The property of the Marquis of Ailsa - now inhabited by his factor. Maybole Castle is constructed in the Gothic Style of Architecture and has been partly rebuilt and enlarged about 8 years ago. It is four storeys high & in excellent repair. On the South West side & immediately below the [window] of the fourth storey are cut out in stone thirteen heads which are traditionally known to have been the heads of a gang of Gipseys the leader of whom fell in love with the Lady of Culzean, who determined to elope with him, but was taken & confined in the Castle & the heads of the Gypseys put up in remembrance of the act. |
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[Page] 120 -- Sheet 44" 4 -- Parish of Maybole"Tradition affirms, that the Countess of Cassillis, after her
" elopement with Sir John Faa, the Gipsy laddie, about
" the middle of the seventeenth century, was confined
" in this Castle for life'
Statistical Account (1842)
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