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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
MAINS HOUSE Mains House J R B Macadam Propr [Proprietor]
W.E Jolly
R.D MacKenzie
014 A neat dwellinghouse Adjoining Kilmaronock Castle Mr Macadam Owner and occupier
KILMARONOCK CASTLE (In Ruins) Kilmaronock Castle J.R B Macadam
W.E Jolly
R D MacKenzie
014 This old Castle is still in a good state of preservation it forms nearly a square at the base and is about 30 feet high, it originally belonged to the Dundonald Family

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Parish of Kilmaronock


[Below entry for Kilmaronock Castle:]
The Castles of Kilmaronock and Batturet, now
in ruins, appear to have been formerly very mag-
nificent buildings. - (Old Stat Acct. [Statistical Account])
"Kilmaronock Castle, a ruin on the property of Robert Macgoune Esqr of Mains seems
the remnant of a massive and important pile." - (Fuln. [Fullarton's] Gazetteer.)

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