Diary page 10, 28-29 August 1881

Sunday the 28

Went and had

a look at Dundonald

Castle & seen Grandfather’s

grave, then to the Old

Auchans and got up

the tower Janet Gilchrist

Gave us the key1644

went up to

Killmarnock

Monday the 29

Dry went up to Foul

Papple, worked at

the Hay all day

Foul Papple was the farm of Allan & Maggie Wyllie in the Loudoun Parish, east of Killmarnock

James’s grandfather was John Cochrane, he died  18 June 1859  in Old Goll and is buried in the Dundonald Churchyard along side his wife Mary Tait Cochrane that died 13 November 1847 in Bogside

Dundonald Churchyard

Old Auchans was  about 1 mile west of Dundonald, Janet Gilchrist lived there in 1881, living on private means

1644 was the last year it was used as a military defensive structure

Old Auchans

Dundonald Castle