A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
Southannan, an estate in the N of West Kilbride parish, Ayrshire, 4 miles S of Largs. It belonged for centuries to the Lords Sempill, and belongs now to the Earl of Eglinton; is traversed by a romantic burn, making a series of beautiful falls; and gives name to a long reach of foreshore sands, of half-moon form, sheltered by a curving recess in the land, which, when the tide is out, have a maximum breadth of 1 1/8 mile, and are notable for beds of shell-fish and flocks of wildfowl. A ruined mansion on the estate, near a fine cascade of the burn, was built in the time of James VI. by one of the Lords Sempill after an Italian model.—Ord. Sur., sh. 21, 1870.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Administrative units: | West Kilbride ScoP Ayrshire ScoCnty |
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