Clonbeith Castle
Clonbeith Castle is in the old judicial district of Cunningham near Auchentiber , on a side street of the B778 in the Scottish administrative unit of North Ayrshire .
The cottage
Clonbeith Castle is the ruin of a simple, rectangular country house from the 17th century with a floor space of 12.9 meters by 6.9 meters and about 15 centimeters thick walls. The ground floor had a vaulted ceiling , the entrance was in the middle and led into a corridor with straight stairs that led to the right into the hall on the first floor. A spiral staircase in a square staircase led to the upper floors. The hall had windows on three sides and a large fireplace on the fourth side. On the opposite side was a circular opening supported by a series of consoles . The entrance door in the Renaissance style still bears the construction year 1607. The house was used until the 18th century. The name "Clonbeith" is said to be derived from the Celtic words Cluan (German: pasture) and Beithe (German: birch).
The Lords of Clonbeith
The house, referred to by Pont in the 1690s as the Klonbyith , then belonged to William Cunningham , a descendant of this branch line of the Cunninghames of Glencairn through that of Aiket Castle . His wife was called Agnes and died in 1612.
The hearth tax records of 1691 show that Clonbeith House had five hearths and 19 other homes were connected to it. Alexander Cuningham allegedly assaulted a professor in the garden of a college in Glasgow and was forced to openly admit his wrongdoing in front of a gathering of his friends.
Along with about thirty other participants, John Cuningham shot and killed Hugh , 4th Earl of Eglinton in 1586 , a coup de grace, was found hidden in a fireplace in Hamilton Palace and "cut to pieces" by Robert , Hugh's brother, and his supporters. According to the opinion of the time, Robert is said to have "honored" the death of his brother by killing John Cunningham in Hamilton , probably in Hamilton Palace.
James Cunningham of Clonbeith and Danmuyle (1581) was the father of John Cunninghame of Corsehill .
Robertson points out that different lineages of the family spell their names differently: “Cunningham” for Baidland and Clonbeith , “Cunninghame” for Glencairn and Corsehill , “Cuninghame” for Caddel and Monkredding, and finally “Cuningham” for Glengarnock . The Cunninghams from Clonbeith are commonly referred to as from Clonbeith and Darnmyule , with Darmule being closer to Kilwinning.
Daniel Cunningham , whose wife was Mary Wallace , sold the property to James Scott , who was Provost of Irvine in 1633 , with the consent of his son William . In 1691, Walter Scott , James Scott's brother, sold the lands to Patrick Warner , envoy from Irvine .
William Cunningham's wife was Jean ; In 1717 there is a reference to a George Cunningham from Clonbeith .
In 1698, Hugh Cunningham of Clonbeith bought the Monkredding estate, which then became the family seat.
The Lady of Clonbeith
The "Leddy o'Clumbeith" is a ghost story by Dr. Duguid from the 1820s. A servant on a farm in Clonbeith was on her way to a rendezvous at the Blair Tavern when she fell into a mine shaft with a horse and cart and died. Others claim that her loved one killed her and then jumped into the shaft after her. Your spirit haunts the fields around Auchentiber.
The lady in the peat
Dr. Duguid reports in the 1840s that he met godfather Glunch while cutting peat at “Clumbeith” (Clonbeith) on the way to “Meg'swa's” . Godfather Glunch was usually a quiet, stubborn man, but this time he was very excited and took the doctor to the body of a "Bonnie Lady" who had been lying in a hole in the peat for a long time. The girl must have been around 18-20 years old, had rosy cheeks, blond hair and a sweet smile played on her lips. Her identity remained unknown, but it was said that she was associated with the Montgreenan family .
Detailed history
1691 bought Rev. Patrick Warner , who had already bought the estate Clonbeith even Scotts lands in Irvine , put most of the Loch of Irvine or Trindlemoss dry, the later "Scott's hole" was named after from exile in Holland returned was.
The Cowlinn Burn flows into the Lugton Water at Montgreenan Castle (also called the Bishop's Palace) . A dwelling called Cowlinn is noted on Thomson's map from 1820 and a Clonbeith Mill was nearby.
In the 19th century there was a limestone quarry and workers' houses near Clonbeith Castle . The local lime kilns were supplied from the quarry .
Mr Baird Kirkland found a beautifully shaped, round and oval stone tool in Clonbeith or Clonkeith in the 19th century.
Individual evidence
- ^ David MacGibbon, Thomas Ross: The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland from the 12th to the 18th century . Volume III. James Thin, Edinburgh 1990 (1887-1892). ISBN 0-901824-18-6 . Pp. 374-375.
- ^ Robert H. Urquhart, et al .: The Hearth Tax for Ayrshire 1691 . Ayrshire Records Series V.1. Ayr. Ayr Fed Hist Soc., 1998. ISBN 0-9532055-0-9 . P. 94.
- ^ Thorbjørn Campbell: Ayrshire. A Historical Guide . Birlinn, Edinburgh 2003. ISBN 1-84158-267-0 . P. 155.
- ^ Rev. William Lee Ker: Kilwinning . AW Cross, Kilwinning 1900. p. 161.
- ^ Duncan McNaught: Kilmaurs Parish and Burgh. A. Gardner, 1912.
- ↑ James Paterson: History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton . Cape. V. - III: Cunninghame . J. Stillie, Edinburgh 1863-1866. P. 253.
- ↑ James Paterson: History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton . Cape. V. - II: Cunninghame . J. Stillie. Edinburgh 1863-1866. P. 515.
- ^ A b John Service (Editor): The Life & Recollections of Doctor Duguid of Kilwinning . Young J. Pentland, 1887. pp. 81-83.
- ↑ John Straw Horn: The History of Irvine . John Donald, Royal Burgh and Town Edinburgh 1985. ISBN 0-85976-140-1 . P. 60.
- ^ Ayrshire Notes . Ayrshire Arch Nat Hist Soc., 2003. Issue 24. ISSN 1474-3531. P. 4.
- ^ John Smith: Prehistoric Man in Ayrshire . Elliot Stock, London 1895. p. 60.
Web links
- Scheduled Monument - entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- Roy's Military map of Scotland . National Library of Scotland.
- Photo of the ruins of Clonbeith Castle. SCRAN.
Coordinates: 55 ° 40 ′ 27.2 " N , 4 ° 38 ′ 40.6" W.