Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Doonholm

Doonholm, a mansion in Ayr parish, Ayrshire, on the right bank of the Doon, 3 miles S of the town of Ayr. It is the- seat of the judge, Colin Blackburn, P.C. (b. 1813), who in 1876 received a life-peerage as Baron Blackburn of Killearn, and who holds 154 acres in the shire, valued at £344 per annum.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a mansion"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Ayr ScoP       Ayrshire ScoCnty

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