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Ayrshire
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Illustrated Catalogue of |
Ayrshire Milestones |
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Description |
B7081, |
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In the Road Acts |
1767: The road from Irvine to Kilmarnock. |
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MS Summary |
No stones have been found on this road, but one was found in the collection at Montgreenan as described below. |
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Dreghorn R 1 mile 1 furlong 61 yards. Irvine L 3½ miles 211 yards.
This is one of The Montgreenan Milestones.
Photos: DC McClure, March 2009.
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The curious point is that Dreghorn is less than 3 miles from Irvine, yet according to this stone they are 4.8 miles apart. So a milestone with these distances could not be on the direct road, T5, between the two. But on what other road would Irvine and Dreghorn be in opposite directions? There is no such road. The conclusion is that the engraving should read Crosshouse rather than Dreghorn. The cross at Crosshouse lies 4.66 miles from Irvine according to GE, which ties in quite well with the 4.78 to ‘Dreghorn' given by this stone. With this interpretation the location was between Springside and Crosshouse. It is not recorded by the 1st OS, which instead has Irvine 5, Kilmarnock 4 etc. |
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