OS1/35/2/109
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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CORSWALL CASTLE | Corswall Castle | John cameron Warnhills Via Kirkcolm Alexander McGill S.E. [South East] KirKbride James Allison E. [East] KirKbride |
004 | About 3 Miles N.W. [North West] from KirKcolm Village the Ruins of Corswall Castle. It is nearly all in a dilapidated state , Only the Under Story which is [enveloped] by an arch. (There has been a trench round it which could be filled with water from the Surrounding BrooKs at pleasure, but it is now wholly demolished. In removing Some of the Stones and rubbish from about it Mr. McCamon of Barnhills found a piece of Ordnance and other things of Antiquity. no information can be obtained as to when it was built or what Family inhabited it.) It is supposed to have been a place of Strength in bygone Years. |
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List of Names collected by John McCallanan Cl. Asst [Civilian Assistant] -- [Page] 109Plan 4 A
Trace No. 5
Parish of KirKcolm
Object - Corswall Castle - Castle
[Signed] John Callanan
D. Kildoyle C/a [Civilian Assistant]
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