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Dundonald.-- coast par. and vil., Ayrshire -- par., 12,365 ac., pop. 8105; vil., 5 miles SW. of Kilmarnock; P.O.; contains part of parl. burgh of Irvine and the greater part of town of Troon; coal is mined, and sandstone is quarried; a little W. of vil. are the ruins of Dundonald Castle, the property of the Cochranes, Earls of Dundonald; Robert II. died at Dundonald Castle in 1390.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "coastal parish and village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Dundonald Parish Ayrshire County |
| Place: | Dundonald |
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