Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hillhouse

Hillhouse, an estate, with a mansion, in Dundonald parish, Ayrshire, 3 miles NNE of Troon. Prince Louis Napoleon, afterwards Emperor of the French, stayed here in 1839 at the time of the Eglinton Tournament.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an estate, with a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Dundonald Parish       Ayrshire County

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