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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 32 - Parish of Kilbirnie, OS1/3/32

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Kilbirnie Parish -- 7. 8. T. 5 [Trace 5] -- [Page] 89

[Note] "It is impossible from any peculiarities in the
"masonry of this feudal tower, to ascertain the
"period of its construction. The absence of gun-ports in its walls, a provision of
"defence with which every stronghold erected subsequently for the use of firearms
"was furnished, seems to imply that it was built, at the latest in the early part of the fourteenth century
"and consequently in the day of the Barclays, the most anciently recorded Lords of the Barony
"The modern part of the edifice was built about 1627, and must have proved a satisfactory
"increase of light and airy accommodation to that afforded by the Sombre tower" New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]

Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 32 - Parish of Kilbirnie, OS1/3/32

This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Kilbirnie.

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.

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