The Lands Of Pitcon
The Lands of Pitcon, previously PotconnelDobie, Page 356 now form a small estate of around 100 acres in the Parish of Dalry, North Ayrshire, Dalry, North Ayrshire in the old Barony of Dalry. The present listed building#Scotland, category B listed Georgian mansion house (OS NS 229879, 650628) dating from 1787, replaces an older castellated dwelling. Pitcon lies on the outskirts of Drakemyres, now a suburb of Dalry, close to the confluence of the Rye Water, River Garnock, and the Mains Burn,Love, Page 79 standing on a low knoll. Such a marshy area would have provided a degree of protection to the old castle. History The Mansion house and walled garden The OS Name Book of 1856 records that the western end of the building had been part of the ancient dwelling and a summer house bore the arms of the Boyd family, and a stone inscribed 'Thomas Boyd 1530'. By 1956 the ancient part of Pitcon had been demolished and the stones noted in 1856 were in the wall of the walled garden. A marriag ...
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