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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 58 - Parish of Stewarton, OS1/3/58

Continued entries/extra info

86
No. 21.
Parish of Stewarton -- Sheet XIII. T. [Trace] 4

The ruins nearly leveled by the hand of time, of the Castle of Robertland, fomerly the
stronghold of the Cuninghames, Baronets of Robertland, are situated behind the modern
Mansion of Alexander Kerr, Esqr. of Robertland. This stronghold it is said, was destroyed
by fire, in a feud between Montgomeries of Eglinton and the Cuninghames."
New Statistical Acct. [Account]

There are the ruins of three
Castles in the Parish. Robertland
Castle, the stronghold of the
Cuninghames of Robertland,
and the Castles of Corsehill
and Auchinharvie."
Paterson's History
P. 452

Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 58 - Parish of Stewarton, OS1/3/58

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

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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