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Billikellet or Balleykellet, a ruined ancient mansion in Big Cumbrae island, Buteshire, ¾ mile N by E of Millport. It belonged to a family of the name of Montgomery, who are said to have possessed the greater part of the island till about the beginning of the 18th century. Among the last of the line was Dame Margaret Montgomery, joint-patroness of the kirk, who, being on horseback at the green of Largs, is said to have been thrown off amidst a crowd of persons; but, being a woman of high spirit, she pursued the horse, and received a stroke of his foot, which proved instantly fatal. ` The arms of this family,' it is stated in the Old Statistical Account, 'are upon the end of the kirk, and were lately to be seen on a part of the ruins of Billikellet. About a quarter of a mile from those ruins there is a large standing stone set up on end, with about 6 feet of it above the ground. It appears to have been the rude monument of some ancient hero. '
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a ruined ancient mansion" (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites") |
| Administrative units: | Buteshire ScoCnty |
| Place names: | BALLEYKELLET | BILLIKELLET | BILLIKELLET OR BALLEYKELLET |
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