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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 52 - Parish of Old Cumnock, OS1/3/52

Continued entries/extra info

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County of Ayr -- Parish of Old Cumnock

[Note] -- Mote -- A little hill or eminence;
A barrow or tumulus -
a rising ground; a knoll -- Jaamieson

[Note] -- "In the vicinity of the Village of Cumnock
are the remains of a Moat, where, as tradition
says, the baron courts were held of old, It is
almost entirely surrounded by the Luggar;
and as its banks are steep and completely
wooded there, the whole forms a very beautiful
and picturesque scenery." -- Old statistical Account - Vol. [Volume] 6 - page 415

Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 52 - Parish of Old Cumnock, OS1/3/52

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

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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