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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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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 |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 15Parish 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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