• Ayr Castle was a castle situated at Ayr in Scotland. Once considered a royal castle, nothing remains of it above ground. In 1197, the castle was built...
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    Ayrshire Wallaces then lived at Craigie Castle until they moved to Newton Castle in Ayr in 1588. Craigie Castle was then left to fall into ruin. It was...
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    Ayr (/ɛər/ AIR; Scots: Ayr; Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. A former royal...
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    Ayrshire (redirect from County of Ayr)
    known as the Galloway Hills. These hills lie to the west of the A713 (Ayr to Castle Douglas road) and they run south from the Loch Doon area almost to the...
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    as well as passing the location of (the now ruined) Ayr Castle. The largest settlements being Ayr, Cumnock, Catrine, Ochiltree, Muirkirk and Sorn. Major...
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    English army, and ignoring Blind Harry's 15th claim that Wallace burned Ayr Castle in 1297, two 19th-century antiquarians, Alexander Murison and George Chalmers...
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    Dunure Castle is located on the west coast of Scotland, in South Ayrshire, about five miles (eight kilometres) south of Ayr and close to the village of...
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    and in the following month decided to lay waste to Annandale and burn Ayr Castle, to prevent it being garrisoned by the English. William Wallace resigned...
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    It was built in the 14th century for Sir Duncan Wallace, Sheriff of Ayr. The castle was inherited by Sir Alan de Cathcart, who was the son of Duncan's...
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    other footsoldiers—at Ayr Castle for three weeks. Although surviving records fail to mention the number of knights assembled at Ayr, the record of wages...
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  • participate in the battle and in the following month decided to burn Ayr Castle, to prevent it being garrisoned by the English. Annandale and Carrick...
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    Kerelaw Castle is a castle ruin. It is situated on the coast of North Ayrshire, Scotland in the town of Stevenston. This castle, variously named Kerelaw...
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    help construct the Ayr Citadel. This castle is the subject for a ghostlore story featuring the ghost of William Wallace. Ardrossan Castle is situated upon...
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    downstream on the same southern side of the River Ayr, abandoned when the new castle was built. Gadgirth Castle was itself demolished in 1808 when a new mansion...
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  • Srimal is the choreographer. The film has been shot in and around Ayr Castle, Ayr Estate in Padukka. Song lyrics are written by Venerable Kuttikulame...
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    Greenan Castle is a 16th-century ruined tower house, around 2+1⁄2 miles (4 kilometres) southwest of Ayr in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Situated at the top...
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    served as one of the king's three wardens in Scotland, and was besieged in Ayr Castle. In 1305 Monthermer warned Robert the Bruce, then at the English court...
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    statue to the 13th Earl in Wellington Square gardens, Ayr The 15th Earl of Eglinton at Eglinton Castle The 16th Earl, Archibald William Lord Montgomerie (17th...
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  • planned by the Ayrshire and Galloway Railway as part of a scheme to link Ayr with Castle Douglas, but lack of funds limited the construction to a very short...
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    remains today. The subsidiary titles of the Earl of Dumfries are: Viscount of Ayr and Lord Sanquhar (created 2 February 1622), Lord Crichton of Sanquhar (1488)...
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  • said: "That the city is between Ayr and Thawr". The city's military governor, Fakhri Pasha, established buildings, castles, and structures on the mountain...
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    South Ayrshire's administrative centre is located in its largest town, Ayr. The headquarters for its associated political body, South Ayrshire Council...
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    Maybole Castle and resulting in the death of Gilbert Kennedy of Bargany and Ardstinchar and some of his followers whilst on a ride from Ayr. However...
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    county of Ayr (Public domain ed.). Dunlap & Drennan. pp. 89–. Retrieved 9 June 2012. Canmore - Ochiltree Castle Video footage of Ochiltree Castle 55°28′48″N...
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    historically retained by the monarch under royal authority from the royal castle at Ayr. Kyle was combined with Cunninghame and Carrick under Ayrshire County...
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    Sorn Castle is located by the River Ayr just outside the village of Sorn in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The castle comprises a medieval tower house, which...
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    Canmore Site – Corsehill Castle Ayr Sheet XIII.5 (Stewarton) Survey date: 1856. Publication date: 1858 Canmore – Corsehill Castle Crawford (1779) Moll (1745)...
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    service to Ayr & Straiton starts/terminates here. The substantial ruins of the infamous Dunure Castle are in the village. Dunduff Castle above Fisherton...
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    Blackhall in 1660. A new turnpike road from Eastwood Toll, now the main Ayr Road, was constructed in 1832. By the end of the 18th century quarrying had...
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    beginning with his own castles at Ayr and Dumfries, and including Roxburgh and Edinburgh. After the Wars of Independence, new castles began to be built, often...
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