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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
KEIRS CASTLE (Ruin) Keirs Castle
Keirs Castle
Keirs Castle
Keirs Castle
Castle in ruins
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James Macadam
George Hendrie
Matthew Young
Johnston's County Map
046 A ruined fortalice nothing remains but a single ruinous wall about 30 ft in height & 9 in thickness. Its original conformation - square - is still discernible from the foundation Course of the fallen walls. It is associated with Wallace who is said to have beseiged it, and have been driven from it after a brief possession it is the property of Col. [Colonel] Macadam
DYROCK BURN Dyrock Burn
Dyrock Burn
Dyrock Burn
Dyrock (Burn)
Rev. [Reverend] John McEwan
Ph. [Parish] Register
Mr M Young
Johnston's County Map
039 ; 045 "The little stream of Dyrock takes its rise from Shankston Loch has a small tributary from Barnshean loch. The main one from Spallander Loch, and thence flowing by the village of Kirkmichael it empties itself into the Water of Girvan above the farm of Mackailston. Stat acc. [Statistical Account] Description correct.

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