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

Continued entries/extra info

Sheet 39.6 -- Parish of Maybole -- [Page] 89

"The ruins of the Castle of Auchendrane are still
" to be traced on the banks of the Doon, near to Monkwood
" Bridge, on the low road from Ayr to Maybole."
Statistical Account (1842)

"Auchendrane, celebrated by the pen of Sir Walter
"Scott, in his 'Auchendrane Tragedy', occupied a well-
" - sheltered situation not far from the banks of the Doon,
" east a considerable distance of Brown Carrick Hill**
" **The place was environed with wood. Not a vestige of
"the building now remains. The only memorial left of it
" is a yew tree, the age of which it is impossible to guess.
" The Dule-tree, respecting which Sir Walter Scott tells a
"characteristic anecdote of the last Laird of Auchindrane,
"was cut down and sold***
Patterson's History of Ayrshire (1847)

"Hugh Mure of Auchindraine disponed the property, with the
" 'tower, fortalice, and manor-place', to James Ferguson of Kilkerran,
" Bart. [Baronet] in 1741." Patterson's History

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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