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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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AUCHENHARVIE (In Ruins) | Auchenharvie Castle (in ruins) Auchenharvie Castle (in ruins) Auchenharvie Castle (in ruins) Auchenharvie Castle Auchinharvie Auchenharvie |
Messr. AJ & T Graham Glasgow Mrs. Wilson Mr Reid Bonshaw Johnson's Co. [County] Map Patersons History. New Statistical Acct [Account] |
012 | This ruin stands about 4 miles south west from stewarton. It appears to have been nearly square, and from the thickness of the walls must have been a place of great strength. The walls of three sides of the square are still standing, in some places apparently their original height. |
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48No.21.
Parish of Stewarton -- XII.14 T.6
"There are the ruins of three Castles in the Parish , Robertland Castle,
the stronghold of the Cunninghames of Robertland; and the Castle of
Corshill and Auchinharvie." - Patersons History.
"The only antiquities worth mentioning are the remains of two Castles,
once the seats of the Cunninghames of Corsehill and Auchenharvie,
branches of the Cunninghames, Lords of Kilmaurs, by far the most
powerful family in the district. " New Statistical Acct.
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