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The Bulletin
Fix this text“The Bulletin/'
Fix this textVoL 64.—N0. 3324
Fix this textWednesday, October 27, 1943
Fix this textPrice 6dL
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newsoaner.
Fix this text■— - - nn- II I I I .11.1.11
Fix this textSeppelts
Fix this textDALQUHARRAN.
Fix this textAYRSHIRE’S KEEP BY GIRVAN’S GENTLE STREAM.
Fix this textNOTABLE among the ancient castles of Scotland is this edifice
Fix this textat the bend of the Girvan Water, about six miles from the
Fix this textmouth of the river, best known of Ayrshire’s streams. Historical
Fix this textrecords show that the lands of “Delchorane” are confirmed to the
Fix this textAbbey of Crosragual by Edward Bruce, Earl of Garrick, in 1324,
Fix this textand the first laird of whom mention occurs is none other than
Fix this textGilbert Kennedy (1747). The family history of the Kennedies
Fix this textmust early have been associated with Dalquharran, for in an ambry
Fix this texton the first floor are still to be found the arms of the Kennedies
Fix this textof Culzean, although, at a later stage in its history, Dalquharran
Fix this textwas owned by the Kennedies of Girvan Mains, a branch of the
Fix this textCassillis stock. In his writings towards the end of the seventeenth
Fix this textcentury, William Abercrummie, referring to this structure, said:
Fix this text“The stately castle of Dalquharran, the building
Fix this textwhereof is much improved by the additions lately
Fix this textmade thereto, make it by far the best house in all
Fix this textthat country ; surrounded by vast enclosures of
Fix this textwood that the country is not able to consume it
Fix this textby their building.”
Fix this textDalquharran’s exterior is said by architectural authorities to be
Fix this textremarkable. An early describer says “the corbelling is of a
Fix this textdescription very unusual in Scotland, being enriched with a small
Fix this textogee arch over the space between the corbells and very much more
Fix this textornate than the straight lintel, recalling English rather than Scot-
Fix this texttish practice.” There still remain distinct indications that the
Fix this textcastle had a moat fed by the Girvan and that its grounds were
Fix this textlaid out with gardens, bowling greens and other ornamental devices
Fix this textof the period. This ancient structure is still surrounded with fine
Fix this textwoods as in Abercrummie’s day.
Fix this textHI
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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