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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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SALTCOATS | Saltcoats Saltcoats Saltcoats Salt Cotes Salt Coats Saltcoats |
S. D. Sherriff Peter Scott Mr Shepherd Johnstons Co. [County] Map Co. [County] Map (1799) Stat Acct [Statistical Account] 1841 |
004 | [Situation] About 1 1/4 Mile N. N. E. [North North East] from Luffness House A farm house having extensive offices (including a thrashing machine) attached. Occupied by S. D. Sheriff. The property of Mr Hope of Luffness. |
SALTCOATS CASTLE (Ruins of) | Castle (ruins of) Saltcoats Castle (ruins of) Castle (ruins of) Saltcoats Castle Saltcoats Castle |
James Shepherd Revd. [Reverend] Mr Smith, Mr John Tait R. Thomson |
004 | [Situation] Adjoining Saltcoats House The ruins of an ancient castle near Saltcoats house, the only portions remaining are the E and W. [East and West] walls and a portion of the Western turret. "Saltcoats in this parish, now a ruin, belonged to an ancient family of the name of Livingston. Nisbit in his Heraldry notices a seal inscribed Sig. [Sigillum] Patricie Livingstoun de Saltcoat, 1593. The first of the family is said to have received a grant of land extending from Gulane point to North Berwick Law, for having destroyed a boar which infested the neighbourhood" See Stat Acct. [Statistical Account] 1841. |
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[Page] 17[N]o 2
Parish of Dirleton
58 Saltcoats
58 Saltcoats Castle (Ruins of)
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