Archaeology Notes

Event ID 700747

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NS32NE 14 35885 27061

See also Monkton House NS32NE 95

According to Pont, Monkton Castle stood near the village of Monkton (NS 35 27). No remains of this building now exist; even its site is unknown (J Paterson 1863).

K Hewat 1908

What may be the same building is that referred to in 1723 as the "house of Monktoun", which stood very near to the Pow Bridge (Powburn Bridge: NS 356 268). It is noted as belonging to Baillie of Monktoun, formerly to the Earls of Abercorn, being where they stated occasionally.

W Macfarlane 1906

No further information, but the name Monkton House (or Orangefield) is still known locally in association with the Powburn (S Sillars, Whiteside Farm, Monkton). Armstrong's (1775) map clearly shows Orangefield and its estate in the general area of NS 359 271, just N of the Powburn, a location long since occupied by Prestwick Airport.

Visited by OS (JRL) 11 November 1980