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Dalquharran Castle, a fine mansion in Dailly parish, Ayrshire, on the right bank of Girvan Water, 5 furlongs E of Dailly station, this being 7 3/8 miles SSW of Maybole. Built about 1790, it was the seat of the Right Hon. Thos. Fran. Kennedy (1788-1879), who sat for the Ayr burghs from 1818 till 1834, and whose son and successor, Fran. Thos. Romilly Kennedy, Esq. (b. 1842), holds 4142 acres in the shire, valued at £5941 per annum, including £900 for minerals.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a fine mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
Administrative units: | Dailly ScoP Ayrshire ScoCnty |
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