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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 46 - Parish of Maybole, OS1/3/46

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Ph. [Parish] of Maybole -- [Page] 10

"The tower (of Greenan Castle) is not very old, at least the letters & figures
" 'J.K. 1603' appear over the doorway. John Kennedy was the proprietor
"at the time, and it is probable that the tower was wholly built by him. At the
" sametime, there is little doubt that some similar stronghold existed on the spot
" long previously. Mention is made of the castle in the reign of William the
"Lion, in the grant of the Doon fishings for the Abbey of Melrose. It was then
" the property of Roger de Scalebroc, a vassal of Duncan, Earl of Carrick.
"In 1510, it is mentioned as 'his own mansion house', in a notarial deed by
"Thomas Davidson dated 1st July of that year; & in various other documents it
" is shown that the barony of Greenan had a tower, or other place of residence,
"before the date of the present fabric', Patterson's History of Ayrshire (1847)

Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 46 - Parish of Maybole, OS1/3/46

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

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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