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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAIL MONASTERY (In Ruins) | Fail Monastery (Ruins) Fail Monastery (Ruins) Fail Monastery (Ruins) Old Priory (in ruins) Fail castle |
Andrew Dunlop Sess Clk [Session Clerk] Robert Walker Schoolmr [Schoolmaster] David Ritchie Minr. [Minister] Johnston's County Map County Voters list |
028 | The ruins of an ancient Monastery of Red or Trinity Friars, about a mile North of the village of Tarbolton. The building has been quadrangular, three sides of which still remain. about forty feet high. It has now been so long in ruins & is of such a very old date that no person in the neighbourhood Can give any information respecting it. |
| LAW | Law Law Law Laws |
Andrew Dunlop Sess Clk [Session Clerk] Robert Walker Schoolmr [Schoolmaster] David Ritchie Minr. [Minister] Johnston's County Map |
028 | A farmsteading consisting of dwelling & outhouses, the former 2 storeys the latter one all slated & in good repair. Edward Hunter Blair Esqr. proprietor. So Called from a Small Knoll or "Justice Seat" in the immediate vicinity, but which has entirely disappeared. |
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[Page] 21Parish of Tarbolton
" Sepulchral urns were recently discovered about a quarter
"of a mile northwards from Fail Monastery. When levelling a
" piece of ground a large flat stone was found five feet below the
"surface. Under the stone was a small pit or grave in which
"were two urns containing burnt bones the urns fell to pieces
"soon after being exposed to the atmosphere. Two other
" flat stones have been met with each covering a small
" pit etc- etc."
Statistical Account
"An urn was also found under a cairn of stones on the farm of
"Law. It is Highly ornamented with markings made apparently
" with the thumbnail, is in excellent preservation"
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