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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSLIEBRAE | Osliebrae Osliebrae Osliebrae Horseleybrae |
Mr. Chalmer Title Deeds Mr. Snodgrass Aitkens Ph. [Parish] Map |
013 | An excellent farm house and steading belonging to Mr. Kerr of Robertland & occupied by Mr. Chalmers. |
| ROBERTLAND | Robertland Robertland Robertland Robertland Robertland |
Mr. Ferguson Occr. [occupier] Mr. Chalmers Osliebrae Mr. Baird Cowslap Johnson's Co. [County] Map Voters List |
013 | An excellent house, with offices & extensive garde, about 1 mile N.E. [North East] from Stewarton. the property of Mr. Kerr, and presently occupied by Mr. Ferguson. |
| ROBERTLAND CASTLE (Site of) | Robertland Castle (Site 0f) Robertland Castle Robertland Castle Castle of Robertland Robertland Castle |
Mr. Chalmers Ozlibrae Mr. Black Stewarton Mr. James Snodgrass New Statistical Acct. [Account] Patersonn's History |
013 | On a small knoll on the South side of Swinzie Burn, a Castle of this name formerly stood; the residence of a branch of the family of Cunninghame. A slight hollow is all that marks its site now. Mr. Chalmers told me that it was burned to the ground about the time of the Reformation. and that a new house was built where the present garden is. & which he assisted to remove about 36 years ago. |
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86No. 21.
Parish of Stewarton -- Sheet XIII. T. [Trace] 4
The ruins nearly leveled by the hand of time, of the Castle of Robertland, fomerly the
stronghold of the Cuninghames, Baronets of Robertland, are situated behind the modern
Mansion of Alexander Kerr, Esqr. of Robertland. This stronghold it is said, was destroyed
by fire, in a feud between Montgomeries of Eglinton and the Cuninghames."
New Statistical Acct. [Account]
There are the ruins of three
Castles in the Parish. Robertland
Castle, the stronghold of the
Cuninghames of Robertland,
and the Castles of Corsehill
and Auchinharvie."
Paterson's History
P. 452
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