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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 33 - Town of Kilmarnock, OS1/3/33

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County of Ayr -- No. 21 -- Parish of Kilmarnock

"The Dean Castle stands about half a mile North
east from the town, and was the residence of the noble but unfortunate
family of Kilmarnock. It is a very ancient edifice; but no information
can be obtained of the time when it was built. In the year 1735, it was
entirely consumed by fire. This accident was occasioned by by the inattention
of a maid servant, who was preparing some lint for spinning, which
unhappily took fire, by which means this noble and ancient structure
was laid in ruins. In this situation it it still remains, and the hands
of time is slowly destroying what the fury of the flames had spared."
New Statistical Account
page 541

"Dean Castle. The ruins of Dean Castle, once the
seat of the noble but unfortunate family of Boyd, are Situated
within a mile and a half of Kilmarnock" " The castle originally
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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 33 - Town of Kilmarnock, OS1/3/33

This volume contains information on place names found in the town of Kilmarnock.

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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