Brief Description
Coilsfield is a former estate, parts of which are now used as a caravan park and a cemetery. Coilsfield Mains survives. Robert Burns described the place in verse, referring to it as the castle of Montgomery.
History
The estate at Coilsfield was the seat of the Montgomeries of Coilsfield, the ancestors of the Earls of Eglinton, from the mid-17th century until the close of the 18th century. During this time tree-lined parks were laid out. A more ambitious designed landscape was developed as a setting for an early-19th-century house. The house was demolished in 1971, after which the designed landscape has degraded.
- Associated People
Just one person associated to Coilsfield
- References
References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Coilsfield', in {Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey} (Prestwick: South Ayrshire Council, 2007) [on CD-ROM]Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey
- Millar, A. H., {The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire with Historical and Descriptive Accounts} (Glasgow: Grimsay Press, 2004), pp. 52-3The Castles and Mansions of Ayrshire with Historical and Descriptive Accounts
- Close, R. (ed), {Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide} (Edinburgh: The Rutland Press, 1992), p. 145Ayrshire and Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
- Gordon, J. (ed), {The New Statistical Account of Scotland} ([n.p.]: [n.pub.], 1845), Vol. V, pp. 741-64The New Statistical Account of Scotland
- {Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch} (Southampton, 1854)Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch
- Captain M. J. Armstrong and Son {A New Map of Ayrshire} (1775)A New Map of Ayrshire
- William Roy {Military Survey of Scotland} (1750)Military Survey of Scotland
- Joan Blaeu {Atlas Novus - South Carrick/North Carrick/Kyle/Cunninghame} (Amsterdam, 1654)Atlas Novus - South Carrick/North Carrick/Kyle/Cunninghame
- Love, D., {Lost Ayrshire: Ayrshire's Lost Architectural Heritage} (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2005), pp. 49-50Lost Ayrshire: Ayrshire's Lost Architectural Heritage