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| STRAITON | [Continued from page 1] south-east extremity is remarkably wild and rocky. Craigengower, the hill of the goats, rises immediately behind the manse, to the height of 1300 feet. Bennan hill, half a mile [south] of the village, on which a small obelisk was built about fifty years ago, is about 1150 feet high. From both these hills there are fine views of Ayrshire, the firth of Clyde, Arran, and part of the coast of Ireland. The hills in the higher part of the parish are exceedingly numerous, but do not rise to any great elevation. ** Besides Loch Doon there are twenty two . small lakes in the parish. Statistical Account (1842) There are no detached portions of this parish nor other parishes; nor of other parts in this. |
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[Page] 2Parish of Straiton Continued
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