Historical and genealogical account of the principal families of the name of Kennedy

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and againe is dilated into broad plaine feilds, as at Dalherne ; l and fo makes pleafant
hauglis, upon one or other fyde of the river, till you come to the Barre-hill ; upon the
Southwell of which, ftands the Kirk of Barre, or Brown-hill, which is a new erection, for
the conveniency of the extreame places of the old pariihes of Daillie and Girvan, and the
dwellers in the remote corners on the borders of Galloway, upon the waters of Cree and
Menock.
From the faid Kirk, the trough of the water continues pretty open, and has pleafant dwell-
ings, all alongft, upon each fyde of the water, as Antan- Albany? Dowlarg, Achinjbul, Ben-
nain, 3Ionnucion, 3 for the fpace of three myles, till you come to Corfeclay, as that ftands
upon the confluence of Muik and Stincher, the hills growing clofe and high upon the North
and Weft thereof, leave the place open to the Eaft and South ; and then, running 'twixt two
hills, is fhutt up by them upon the South and North, till you come to Daljarrach, which
ftands upon the North fyde of the River, at the head of a pleafant plaine, looking Weftward ;
below which, Stincher receives Dvjk : And juft above their meeting, ftands the old Cqfde
of Pinwhirrie ; and up Dujlc a litle, ftands the Huttfe of Glen-Dufk, on the ryfing ground ;
below which, lye large fields of excellent meadow ; and a myle upward, ftands the Iloufe of
Kildonan, upon the Eaft fyde of the water. And below the influxe of Dujlc into Stincher,
ftands the Craig, on the North fyde of the River ; and in a higher ground, and a litle downe
the River, on the South fyde, ftands Dalreoch, on a ryfing ground ; but the hills upon the
South come fo clofe upon it, and fo high, that they cover it from the Sun, in the fhort days.
Anil a litle downeward, and in the low ground upon the brink of the water, ftands Bardro-
chatt ; and juft above it upon the hill, on an afcent of difficult acceffe, ftands the ftrong
Cajtle of Craigneil, which belongs to the Earl of CaJJillis, and gives designation to a Barony
of land, lyand round it. Oppofite to which, on the North fyde, on a ground mounted above
the water, ftands the Kirk and Clachan* of Calmonell ; and hardby it, the Hoiije of Kirhhill,
which gives the title to Sir Thomas Kennedy, late Provoft of Edinburgh. A myle below
this, ftands the ffoufe of Knockdolian, on the Eaft foot of Knockdolian Hill, the feat of the
M'Kubbens ; about which is fhewen what art and induftrie can doe, to render a place, to
which nature hath not been favourable, very pleafant, by planting of gardens, orchards,
walks, and rows of trees, that furprize the beholder with things fo far beyond expectation,
in a countrey fo wild and mountainous. This hill lyes North-weft of the houfe, and mounts
up with a fmall top, as if it would pierce the fkies. It is the higheft of all the countrey;
about the top whereof, when any mift is feen, 'tis the forerunner of foul weather, and is the
Countrey-man's Almanack.
1 Dalqubirne. * Alton- Albany. 3 Monuncion. 4 Kirk town.