OS1/3/63/43
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASTLE KNOWE | Castle Knowe Castle Knowe Castle Knowe |
Robert Hunter Esqr Mr Trodden Thomas Barbour |
006 | This object is between North KilrusKen And Toll Bar on the South Side of the Turnpike road, it has every appearance of being Artificial, the present proprietor States that about 40 years ago there were the appearance of an arch in the centre from N [North] to South, at present it is an elevated mound extending from the fence on the West Side for about 200 links the East N [North] and South Sides are Steep Slopes, Tradition as well as history is almost Silent on the Subject Some few Considers it to have been in Connection with the Danish incursions while others are of opinion that it with others of a Similar nature were erected for the object of dispensing Justice. |
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[Page] 43 -- Sheet 6.16 Trace 4 -- Parish of West Kilbride -- County of Ayr"Some traces of remote times still exist in this parish. Along the Steep banks facing
"the Sea beach are placed a chain of little eminences called "Castle Hills" Supposed
"to be the remains of a very primitive class of fortlets. They stand at unequal
"distances, apparently as suitableness of situation offered - Some Scarcely half a
"mile, others a mile and a half apart. They are all constructed in the same manner,
"and are of very limited dimensions. A portion of the bank is detached on all sides and
"rounded conically; the enclosure on the Summit, of about 30 or 40 feet in diameter,
"is surrounded by a rampart from 6 to 8 feet in thickness, faced on both
"sides with large undressed stones neatly laid, the interstice being filled up with
" Small stones intermixed with earth. Conjecture assigns these structures to
" the era of the Danish incursions which seem not improbable; but they
"may belong to a still higher Antiquity." New Stat Acct [Statistical Account]
"The oval and circular encampments, which are mentioned, as existing in Ayrshire
"These were, probably, the fortlets of the British Damnii, long before the Saxon
"people had arrived on our shores, and before the Danish Rovers were Known
"on the Coasts of the Baltic" Chalmer's Caledonia
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