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Stewarton, Corsehill House

Country House (Post Medieval)

Site Name Stewarton, Corsehill House

Classification Country House (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) 'Corshill'; Reuincraig; Crosshill

Canmore ID 42890

Site Number NS44NW 10

NGR NS 419 464

NGR Description NS c. 419 464

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Ayrshire
  • Parish Stewarton
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Kilmarnock And Loudoun
  • Former County Ayrshire

Archaeology Notes

NS44NW 10 c. 419 464

See also NS44NW 6.

At a small distance from the ruins of Corshill House are some small remains of a more ancient building (NS44NW 6) belonging to the same family.

F Grose 1791.

(Approximately NS 419 464) 'Corshil' is noted by Pont as "a fair well planted dwelling the possession of Alexander Cunningham." The ruins of Corsehill, which stood a short distance E of and on the opposite side of the burn to Reuincraig (NS44NW 6), were removed about the beginning of the 19th century and only the foundations could be traced in 1876. An avenue leads from Corsehill mansion to Stewarton, and the street in which it terminated is now called Avenue Street.

The ruins of "Reuincraig" are frequently misidentified as Corsehill (see NS44NW 6).

J Dobie 1876

No further information was obtained during field investigation. The area E of Reuincraig is mainly under crop.

Visited by OS (DS) 3 August 1956

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Note (19 October 2020)

Roy’s Military Map of 1747-55 indicates that 'Old Crosshill', a medieval castle (NS44NW 6), stood on the W side of the Clerkland Burn, while 'Crosshill', a post-medieval house and its successor (NS44NW 10), stood on the E.

It is likely that the image from 1789 of ‘Corshill House’ published by Grose shows the eastern and more modern of these two houses (contra OS (EGC) 1962), the site of which is now beneath a housing estate.

Information from HES Survey and Recording (GFG), 19 October 2020.

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