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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Knock Castle, a mansion in Largs parish, Ayrshire, near the shore of the Firth of Clyde, 2½ miles N by W of Largs town. Comprising two buildings, separate one from another, it is partly a renovated ancient baronial fortalice, partly a modern, magnificent, castellated edifice in the old Scottish style. Its owner, George Elder, Esq. (b. 1816), holds 153 acres in the shire, valued at £418 per annum. Knock Hill (777 feet), 1½ mile to the NE, was used in old times as a beacon station, and commands an extensive and very brilliant view. From about 1400 till 1650 the Knock estate belonged to a younger branch of the Frasers of Lovat.—Ord. Sur., sh. 29, 1873.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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