Maybole Past And Present

Author : Robert Lawson
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230456232
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (562 download)

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Download or read book Maybole, Past and Present written by Robert Lawson and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... PLACES OF INTEREST AROUND MAYBOLE. 'Mid pleasures and palaces, though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home. A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there, Which, seek through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere. Lady Glen is perhaps the gem of the spots of interest about Maybole. It is within the grounds of Kilkerran House, and is, by permission of Sir James Fergusson, open to the public. The nearest station is Kilkerran, four miles from Maybole. The Glen itself forms a charming walk of about two miles or so. The ruins of an old chapel, dedicated to Our Lady, the Virgin Mary, still remain near the foot of the Glen, and several giant specimens of the silver fir (picea pedinata), 12 feet in girth and upwards of 100 feet in height, cannot fail to be admired. With the exception of the Ness Glen, near Dalmellington, the Lady Glen is the prettiest in this district, and should be visited by every one. Kirkmichael is a neat village of about 300 people, within three miles of Maybole. It is charmingly situated, and the old churchyard, with its encircling burn and embowering trees, is one of the prettiest to be seen anywhere. There is a martyr's tombstone in it, the lettering of which is said to have been the work of "Old Mortality." The oldest tombstone in Carrick is here, bearing the following inscription: Hlr Lyis Quintine Muir Of Gud Mkmore And Agnis Blair His Spouis. 1506. The porch at the churchyard entrance is the only specimen in Carrick of a Lych or Corpse-gate. Dalrymple is another pretty village, situated on the Doon, five miles from Maybole. On the road to it we pass Cassillis House, the scene of the ballad of Johnnie Faa, surrounded by its woods. A little way off is Skeldon Mills, on the Doon, producing...