Volume contents
Continued entries/extra info
[page 65A]
Sheet 17 -- Plan 10 -- Irvine
Irvine -- Trace 1
24.4.56 [24 April 1856]
Sir
1 Stane Castle. It is
stated in the descriptive remarks
of this object that "From enquiries
made from H. Montgomerie
Esqr and other influential
persons, the burial ground
& chapel etc as mentioned in
the Statistical Accounts of
Ayr cannot be identified
on the ground" Will you
have the goodness to state
who the "other influential
persons" are - The names
of persons giving information
sho [should] be supplied in every
instance - This, I suppose
you have been told before
by Mr Morgan -
2. "Supposed site of
a chapel" - It is stated in
the descriptive remarks of this
supposed object, that, "the
foundations of a building
have been discovered by Mr
Gray" & "while excavating for
drainage purposes, from the
appearance which the foundations
presented, there can be little
doubt the superstructure
must have been of considerable
Mr Stewart
& Hennigan etc etc [continued on OS1/3/31/ 65B]
[Right Hand Column] -- Subsequent enquiry has Evidently
modified this statement,
which it is evident was written
hurriedly and without due
consideration by Mr Stuart -- [Initialled] JP Capt RE [Captain Royal Engineers] 26/4/56 [26 April 1856]
The names of the other influential
persons are John Blair and Mr Paterson,
Bankers, Irvine -- [Initialled] R.H.
Yes
Appearance of Ruin as found
by Mr Grey.
[Sketch]
Wall under surface removed
Ruin found [foundations] -- Road -- Stane Castle
[Signed] Capt [Captain] Bayly RE [Royal Engineers]
Transcriber's notes
Letter relative to entry on Page 65. It continues on Page 65B, following.
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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 31 - Parish of Irvine, OS1/3/31
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Irvine.
Ordnance Survey - Ayr county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Ayr, which is in the south west of Scotland. The boundaries of the county were altered by the Boundary Commissioners in 1891.