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Irvine), Kyle (between the Irvine and the Doon), and Carrick (S. of the Doon), and these terms are still occasionally used. Kyle was further See also:

DIVIDE

divide,l by the See also:

Ayr into See also:

King's Kyle on the See also:

north and Kyle See also:

Stewart. See also:

Robert See also:

Bruce was See also:

EARL

earl of Carrick, a See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title now See also:

BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne by the See also:

prince of See also:

WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales. The county is politic-ally divided into North and South Ayrshire, the former comprising Cunninghame and the latter Kyle and Carrick. The See also:

SURFACE

surface is generally undulating with a small mountainous See also:

TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract in the north and a larger one in the south and south-See also:

east. The See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal hills are See also:

Black Craig (2298 ft.), 5 M. south-east of New Cumnock; See also:

ENOCH, BOOK OF

Enoch (1865 ft.), 5 M. east of See also:

DALMELLINGTON

Dalmellington; Polmaddie (1750 ft.) 2 m. south-east of See also:

BARR

Barr; Stake on the confines of Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, and Corsancone (1547 ft.), 3 m. north-east of New Cumnock. None of the See also:

rivers is navigable, but their varied and tranquil beauty has made them better known than many more important streams.

The six most noted are the Stinchar (c soft), Girvan, Doon, Ayr, Irvine and Garnock. Of these the Ayr is the longest. It rises at Glenbuck, on the border of Lanarkshire, and after a course of some 38 m. fills into the Firth of Clyde at the county See also:

TOWN

town which, with the county, is named from it. The scenery along its See also:

banks from Sorn downwards—passing Catrine, Ballochmyle, Barskimming, Sundrum, Auchencruive and Craigie—is remarkably picturesque. The lesser streams are numerous, but See also:

Burns's See also:

VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse has given pre-See also:

EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence to the Afton, the Cessnock and the Lugar. There are many lochs, the largest of which is See also:

LOCH, HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, 1ST BARON (1827-1900)

Loch Doon, 5c- m. long, the source of the See also:

RIVER

river of the same name. From Loch Finlas, about 20 m. south-east of Ayr, the town derives its See also:

WATER

water-See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply. The Nith rises in Ayrshire and a few See also:

MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles of its See also:

early course belong to the county. See also:

GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

Geology.—The greater portion of the hilly region in the south of the county forms See also:

PART

part of the See also:

SILURIAN

Silurian tableland of the south of Scotland. Along its north margin there is a See also:

belt of elevated ground consisting mainly of Old Red See also:

SANDSTONE

Sandstone strata, while the tract of fertile See also:

low ground is chiefly occupied by younger Palaeozoic rocks. The Silurian belt stretching eastwards from the mouth of Loch See also:

RYAN, LACY (c. 1694-176o)

Ryan to the Merrick range is composed of grits, greywackes and shales with thin leaves of black shales, containing See also:

GRAPTOLITES

graptolites of Upper Llandeilo See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age which are repeated by folding and See also:

COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover a broad'area. Near their See also:

NORTHERN

northern limit Radiolarian cherts, mudstones and lavas of Arenig age rise from underneath the former along anticlines striking north-east and south-See also:

west.

In the Ballantrae region there is a remarkable development of volcanic rocks—lavas, tuffs and agglomerates—of Arenig age; their See also:

HORIZON (Gr. 6pfTwv, dividing)

horizon being defined by graptolites occurring in cherty mudstones and black shales interleaved in lavas and agglomerates. These volcanic materials are pierced by See also:

SERPENTINE

serpentine, See also:

GABBRO

gabbro and See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite. The serpentine forms two belts See also:

RUNNING

running inland from near Bennane See also:

Head and from Burnfcot, being typically See also:

DEVELOPED

developed on Balhamie See also:

Hill near Colmonell. Gabbro appears on the See also:

SHORE

shore north of Lendalfoot, while on the Byne and See also:

Grey Hills south of Girvan there are patches of granite and See also:

QUARTZ

quartz-See also:

DIORITE (from the Gr. S&oi4eiv to distinguish, from hA through, Epos, a boundary)

diorite which seem to pass into more basic varieties. These volcanic and plutonic rocks and Radiolarian cherts are covered unconformably by conglomerates (Bennan Hill near Straiton and See also:

Kennedy's Pass) which are associated with limestones of Upper Llandeilo age that have been wrought in the Stinchar valley and at Craighead. South of the river Girvan there is a sequence from Llandeilo—Caradoc to Llandovery—Tarannon strata, excellent sections of which are seen on the shore north of Kennedy's Pass and in Penwhapple Glen near Girvan. See also:

LLANDOVERY (Llan-ym-ddyffri)

Llandovery strata again appear north of the Girvan at Dailly, where they See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form an miter surrounded by the Old Red See also:

Sand-See also:

stone and Carboniferous formations. Representatives of See also:

WENLOCK

Wenlock rocks form a narrow belt near the See also:

VILLAGE

village of Straiton. Some of the Silurian sediments of the Girvan See also:

province are highly fossiliferous, but the See also:

order of See also:

SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession is determined by the graptolites. Near See also:

Muir-See also:

KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )

kirk and in the See also:

Douglas Water there are inliers of Wenlock, See also:

Ludlow and Downtonian rocks, coming to the surface along anticlines truncated by faults and surrounded by Old Red Sandstone and Carboniferous strata. In the south-east of the county there is a part of the large granite See also:

mass that stretches from Loch Doon south to Loch See also:

Dee, giving rise to See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild scenery and bounded by the high ground near the head of the Girvan Water, boulders of which have been distributed over a wide area during the glacial See also:

period. Along the northern margin of the uplands the See also:

LOWER

Lower Old Red Sandstone isusually faulted against the Silurian strata, but on Hadyard Hill south of the Girvan valley they See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest on the folded and denuded members of the latter See also:

SYSTEM

system.

The three divisions of this formation are well represented. The lower See also:

GROUP

group of conglomerates and sand-stones are well displayed on Hadyard Hill and on the tract near May-See also:

BOLE

bole; the See also:

MIDDLE

middle volcanic See also:

SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series on the shore south of the Heads of Ayr and from the Stinchar valley along the Old Red belt towards Dalmellington and New Cumnock; while the upper group, comprising conglomerates and sandstones, form a well-marked synclinal See also:

ford at Corsancone north-east of New Cumnock. The Upper Old Red Sandstone appears as a fringe See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the south-west margin of the Carboniferous rocks of the county, and it rises from beneath them on the shore of the Firth of Clyde south of See also:

Wemyss See also:

Bay. The Carboniferous strata of the central low ground form a See also:

GREAT

great See also:

basin traversed by faults, all the subdivisions of the system being represented See also:

SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save the Millstone Grit. Round the north and north-east margin there is a great development of volcanic rocks—lavas, tuffs and agglomerates—belonging to the Calciferous Sandstone series, and passing upwards into the Carboniferous See also:

LIMESTONE

Limestone. The lower limestones of the latter See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division are typically represented near See also:

DAIRY

Dairy and Beith, where in one instance they reach a thickness of over too ft. They are followed by the See also:

COAL

coal-bearing group (Edge coals of Midlothian) which have been wrought in the Dairy. and See also:

PATNA

Patna districts and at Dailly. The position of the Millstone Grit is occupied by lavas and tuffs, extending almost continually as a narrow fringe round the northern margin of the Coal See also:

MEASURES

Measures from See also:

SALTCOATS (pop. 8120)

Saltcoats by See also:

KILMAURS

Kilmaurs to the Crawfordland Water. The workable coals of the true Coal Measures have a wide dist?ibution from See also:

KILWINNING

Kilwinning by See also:

KILMARNOCK

Kilmarnock to See also:

GALSTON

Galston and again in the districts of Coylton, Dalmellington, Lugar and Cumnock. These members are overlaid by a set of upper barren red sandstones, probably the ejuivalents of the red beds of Uddingston, See also:

DALKEITH

Dalkeith and Wemyss in See also:

Fife, visible in the ravines of Lugar near See also:

OCHILTREE

Ochiltree and of Ayr at Catrine. In various parts of the Ayrshire coalfield the coal-seams are rendered useless by intrusive sheets of See also:

DOLERITE (from Gr. SoXepos, deceptive)

dolerite as near Kilmarnock and Dalmellington. In the central part of the See also:

field there is an See also:

OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval-shaped area of red sandstones now grouped with the Trias, extending from near Tarbolton to Mauchlme, where they are largely worked for See also:

BUILDING

building stone.

They are underlaid by a volcanic series which forms a continuous belt between the underlying red sandstones of the Coal Measures and the overlying Trias. In the north part of the county, as near Wemyss Bay, the strata are traversed by dykes of dolerite and See also:

BASALT

basalt trending in a north-west direction and probably of See also:

TERTIARY

Tertiary age. See also:

Agriculture.—There has been no lack of agricultural enterprise. With a moist See also:

CLIMATE

climate, and, generally, a rather heavy See also:

SOIL

soil, drainage was necessary for the successful growth of See also:

green crops. Up to about 184o, a green See also:

CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop in the rotation was seldom seen, except on porous river-See also:

side See also:

LAND

land, or on the lighter farms of the lower districts. In the early part of the loth See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

lime was a powerful See also:

AUXILIARY (from Lat. auxilium, help)

auxiliary in the inland districts, but with repeated applications it gradually became of little avail. Thorough draining gave the next great impetus. Enough had been done to test its efficacy before the announcement of See also:

Sir Robert See also:

Peel's drainage See also:

LOAN (adapted from the Scandinavian form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Swed. Mn, Icel. lan, Dut. leen; the O.E. laen appears in " lend," the ultimate source is seen in the root of Gr. Xeiaecv and Lat. linquere, to leave)

loan, after which it was rapidly extended throughout the county. Green-crop husbandry, and the liberal use of See also:

GUANO (a Spanish word from the Peruvian huanu, dung)

guano and other See also:

MANURES

manures, made a wonderful See also:

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change in the county, and immensely increased the amount of produce. Potatoes are now extensively grown, the coast-lands supplying the markets of Scotland and the north of See also:

England. Of roots, turnips, carrots and mangolds are widely cultivated, heavy crops being obtained by early See also:

SOWING (from "to sow," O. Eng. shwan, cf. Du. zaaijen, Ger. saen, &c.; the root is seen in Lat. severe, cf. "seed")

sowing and See also:

rich manuring. Oats form the bulk of the cereal crop, but See also:

wheat and See also:

BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley are also grown.

High farming has developed the land enormously. Dairying has received particular See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention. See also:

DUNLOP, JOHN COLIN (1785-1842)

Dunlop See also:

CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese was once a well-known product. Part of it was very See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good; but it was unequal in its See also:

general See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, and unsaleable in See also:

ENGLISH

English markets. Dissatisfied with the inferior commercial value of their cheese in comparison with some English varieties, the Ayrshire Agricultural Association brought a See also:

Somerset See also:

FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer and his wife in 1855 to See also:

TEACH [THATCH OR THACH], EDWARD (d. 1718)

teach the See also:

CHEDDAR

Cheddar method, and their effort was most successful. Cheddar cheese of first-See also:

RATE

rate quality is now made in Ayrshire, and the See also:

ANNUAL

annual cheese show at Kilmarnock is the most important in Scotland. The Ayrshire breed of cows are famous for the quantity and excellence of their See also:

MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk. Great See also:

numbers of See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, See also:

sheep and pigs are raised for the See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market, and the Ayrshire horse is in high repute. Other See also:

INDUSTRIES

Industries.—Ayrshire is the principal See also:

MINING

mining county in Scotland and has the second largest coalfield. There is a heavy annual output also of See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron ore, See also:

pig iron and See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

clay. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief coal districts are Ayr, Dalmellington, Patna, See also:

MAYBOLE

Maybole, Drongan, Irvine, Coylton, See also:

STEVENSTON

Stevenston, Beith, Kilwinning, Dairy, See also:

KILBIRNIE

Kilbirnie, Dreghorn, Kilmarnock; Galsion, Hurlford; Muirkirk, Cumnock and New Cumnock. Ironstone' occurs chiefly at Patna, Coylton, Dairy, Kilbirnie, Dreghorn and Cumnock, and there are blast furnaces at most of. these towns.

A valuable See also:

WHETSTONE, GEORGE (1544?-1587?)

whetstone is quarried at See also:

BRIDGE

Bridge of See also:

Stair on the Ayr —the Water-of-Ayr stone. The leading manufactures are important. At Catrine are See also:

cotton factories and bleachfields, and at Ayr and Kilmarnock extensive See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

WORKS

works,, and See also:

CARPET

carpet, blanket and woollens, See also:

BOOT

boot and See also:

SHOE (a word appearing in the Teutonic languages in various forms, as Ger. Schuh, Swed. and Dan. sko, sometimes supposed to come from an unknown root ska or sku, cover)

shoe factories. Cotton, woollens, and other fabrics and See also:

HOSIERY

hosiery are also manufactured at Dairy, Kilbirnie, Kilmaurs, Beith and See also:

STEWARTON

Stewarton. An extensive See also:

trade in chemicals is carried on at Irvine. Near Stevenston works have been erected in the sandhills' for the making of See also:

DYNAMITE (Gr. S6eaµis, power)

dynamite and other See also:

EXPLOSIVES

explosives. There are large See also:

LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace See also:

CURTAIN

curtain factories at Galston, See also:

NEWMILNS

Newmilns and Darve1, and at Beith See also:

CABINET

cabinet-making is a considerable See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry. See also:

SHIPBUILDING

Shipbuilding is conduct at Troon, Ayr, Irvine and Fairlie, which is famous for its yac ts. The leading ports are Ardrossan, Ayr, Girvan, Irvine and Troon. Fishing is carried on in the harbours and creeks, which are divided between the See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery districts of See also:

GREENOCK

Greenock and Ballantrae. Communications.—The See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow & South-Western. railway owns most of the lines within the shire, its system serving all the See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial towns, ports and seaside resorts. Its tr pk line via Girvan to See also:

STRANRAER

Stranraer commands the shortest See also:

sea passage to See also:

BELFAST

Belfast and the north of See also:

Ireland, and its See also:

main line via Kilmarnock communicates with See also:

DUMFRIES (Gaelic, " the fort in the copse ")

Dumfries and See also:

Carlisle and so with England, The Lanarkshire & Ayrshire See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Caledonian railway See also:

COMPANY

company also serves al part of the county.

For passenger steamer See also:

TRAFFIC

traffic Ardrossan is the principal See also:

PORT

port, there being services to See also:

Arran and Belfast and, during the See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, to Douglas in the I$~e If See also:

Man. Millport, on Great Cumbrae, is reached by steamer r ation and Fairlie. Popu See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

Administration..-The See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of Ayrshire in 1891 was 226,386, and in 1901, 254,468, or 223 to the sq. m. In 1901 the number of persons speaking Gaelic only. was 17. The chief towns, with populations in 1901 are: Ardrossan (6077), Auchinleck (2,68), Ayr (29,101), Beith (4963), Cumnock (3088), Dairy (5316), Darvel (3070), Galston (4876), Girvan (4024),iHurlford (46or), Irvine (9618), Kilbirnie (4571), Kilmarnock (35,09r), Kilwinning (444o), See also:

LARGS

Largs (3246), Maybole. (5892), Muirkirk (3892), Newmilns (4467), Saltcoats (8120), Stevenston (6554), Stewarton (2858), Troon (4364). The county returns two members to See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, who represent North and South Ayrshire respectively. Ayr (the county town) and Irvine are royal burghs and belong to the Ayr group of See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary burghs, and Kilmarnock is a parliamentary See also:

burgh of the Kilmarnock group. Under the county See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council See also:

SPECIAL

special water districts, drainage districts, and See also:

LIGHTING

lighting and scavenging districts have been formed. The county forms a sheriffdom, and there are See also:

RESIDENT

resident sheriffs-substitute at Ayr and Kilmarnock, who sit also at Irvine, Beith, Cumnock and Girvan. The shire is under school-See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board See also:

jurisdiction, but there are a considerable number of voluntary See also:

SCHOOLS

schools, besides secondary schools at Ayr, Irvine, Kilmarnock and Beith, while Kilmarnock Dairy School is a part of the West of Scotland Agricultural See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College established in 1899. In addition to grants earned by the schools, the county and See also:

borough See also:

COUNCILS

councils expend a good See also:

DEAL

deal of See also:

MONEY

money upon secondary and technical See also:

EDUCATION

education, towards which contributions are also made by the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College and the Kilmarnock Dairy School.

The technical classes, subsidized at various See also:

LOCAL

local centres, em-See also:

brace instruction in agriculture, mining, engineering, See also:

PLUMBING

plumbing, gardening, and various See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and See also:

art subjects. See also:

HISTORY

History.—Traces of See also:

ROMAN

Roman occupation are found in Ayrshire. At the See also:

time of See also:

Agricola's See also:

CAMPAIGNS

campaigns the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country was held by the Damnonii, and their town of Vandogara has been identified with a site at See also:

LOUDOUN, JOHN

Loudoun Hill near Darvel,where a serious encounter with the Scots took See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place. On the withdrawal of the See also:

Romans, Ayrshire formed part of the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

STRATHCLYDE

Strathclyde and ultimately passed under the sway of the. Northumbrian See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings. Save for occasional intertribal troubles, as that in which the Scottish king Alpin' was slain at Dalmellington in the 9th century, the See also:

ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

annals are silent until the See also:

BATTLE

battle of Largs in 1263, when the pretensions of See also:

HAAKON (Old Norse Hdkon)

Haakon of See also:

Norway to the See also:

SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty of the Isles were crushed by the Scots under See also:

Alexander ?II. A See also:

GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation later See also:

William See also:

Wallace conducted a vigorous See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign in the shire. He surprised the English See also:

garrison at Ardrossan, and burned the barns of Ayr in which the forces of See also:

EDWARD

Edward I. were lodged. Robert Bruce is alleged.to have been See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Turnberry See also:

Castle, some 12 m. S.W. of Ayr. In 1307 he defeated the English at Loudoun Hill. See also:

Cromwell paid the county a hurried visit, during which he demolished the castle of Ardrossan and is said .to have utilized the stones in rearing a fort at Ayr.

Between 166o and ,688 the sympathies of the county were almost wholly with the See also:

COVENANTERS

Covenanters, who suffered one of their heaviest reverses at Airds Moss—a morass between the Ayr and Lugar,—their See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, See also:

Richard See also:

Cameron, being killed (loth of See also:

JULY

July 168o). The county was dragooned and the Highland See also:

HOST

host ravaged wherever it went. The Hanoverian succession excited no active hostility if it evoked no See also:

ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm. Antiquarian remains include See also:

cairns in Galston, Sorn and other localities; a road supposed to be a See also:

WORK

work of the Romans, which extended from Ayr, through Dalrymple and Dalmellington, towards the Solway; camps attributed to the Norwegians or Danes on the hills of Knockgeorgan and See also:

DUNDONALD, THOMAS COCHRANE, 10TH EARL OF (1775-186o)

Dundonald; and the castles of Loch Donn, Turnberry, Dundonald, Portencross, Ardrossan and Dunure. There are ruins of celebrated abbeys at Kilwinning and Crossraguel, and of Alloway's haunted See also:

church, famous from their associations. See See also:

James See also:

Paterson, " History of the County of Ayr." Trans-actions of Ayrshire and See also:

Galloway Archaeological Associations, See also:

EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, 1879-1900; See also:

John See also:

Smith, Prehistoric Man in Ayrshire (See also:

LONDON

London, 1895) ; William See also:

Robertson, History of Ayrshire (Edinburgh, 1894); See also:

ARCHIBALD, 5TH EARL OF DOUGLAS (c. 1391–1439)

Archibald Sturrock, " On the Agriculture of Ayrshire," Transactions of Highland and Agricultural Society; D. Lands-borough, Contributions to Local History (Kilmarnock, 1878).

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