Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Newark

Newark, an old baronial fortalice in Maybole parish, Ayrshire, on the N slope of Brown Carrick Hill, 1 1/8 mile S by E of the mouth of the river Doon, and 3 miles S by W of Ayr. It belongs to the Marquis of Ailsa; and, not very long ago restored and almost renovated, is now inhabited.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "an old baronial fortalice"   (ADL Feature Type: "fortifications")
Administrative units: Maybole ScoP       Ayrshire ScoCnty

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