Volume contents
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- 125 - Kirkmichael (part 1) , Title page
- 126 - Kirkmichael (part 1) , Index
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KEWNSTON | Kewnston Kewnston Kewnston Keonston Keounstoun |
Revd. [Reverend] Robert Wallace Revd. [Reverend] Charles Campbell Mr. David Baillie Statistical Account Johnston’s County Map |
039 | Farmsteading Consisting of Dwelling house, Outhouses &c. One Storey high, thatched and in bad repair. - Marquis of Ailsa proprietor |
| CAMP (Site of) [Kewnston] | 039 | About ¼ of a mile East of this [farm]steading, there is the site of an old [British] Camp or Fortlett, but farther [than] being traditionally Known, there is nothing left to indicate its ever [having] existed. As far as can be [ascertained] no excavations have been made, [though] it has been so long ploughed over, that the oldest people in the [neighbourhood] scarcely Know anything about it. |
Continued entries/extra info
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Parish of Kirkmichael
"There are traces of five British or Danish fortlets
"in this parish, two in the farm of Guiltreehill, one in
"Keonstan, one in Cassanton, and another in Castle
"Downans. They are all circular, and are supposed
" to belong to the early period of the fourteenth cen-
" tury. They are about a hundred yards in diameter,
" with a ditch of nearly fifteen feet wide;on being ploughed up,
"fragments of pitchers, spears, horns, ashes &c. are every-
where discovered." Statistical Account (1842)
Patterson in his History of Ayrshire says "This must be
" a mistake for the fourth century, because whether British or
" Danish, their era must be much earlier than the fourteenth
" century. There is every reason to believe, as the Roman road
" from Galloway to Ayr traverses the course of the Doon at no
" great distance, that they are British remains of the Roman
" period". -
Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 37 - Parish of Kirkmichael, OS1/3/37
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Kirkmichael.
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.