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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 63 - Parish of West Kilbride, OS1/3/63

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"The promontory being, with the exception of the Rhinns of Galloway, the extreme western point of the Lowlands of Scotland, and lying conveniently between Edinburgh and IcolmKill, and also between Dundonald and Rothsay, the Castle was probably a halting place of the Kings of Scotland on embarking either for Bute or for the burying place of their early ancestors. Some charters of the first and second Stewarts purport to have received the sign-manual at "Arnele", and may popibly[?] evince this castle - however small and incommodious - to have worn in a limited degree similar houses to those of the homogeneous castle of Dundonald." etc Full[Fullerton's] Gazetteer

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Ordnance Survey - Ayr county, OS Name Books - Ayr county - Volume 63 - Parish of West Kilbride, OS1/3/63

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

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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