Wednesday, 29 July 2020

Mosshouse , Old Cumnock

Location 55 24 55N, 4 16 17W

Mosshouse lay up on the open moorland behind  Muirdyke  farm. It shows  up still as  a  ruin and   a  patch of  green amongst the wilder vegetation.


Satellite image, Mosshouse. The diagonal line is the  boundary between Muirdyke and Fardenreoch , hence  the  Old/New Cumnock Parish boundary.  

Valuation rolls 

1865 prop Richard Bannatyne, tenant William Hastings.  1875 prop Captain Robert Campbell (now shown as Muirdyke and Mosshouse).  1895 tenant James MacCririck.  1905 prop John Marshall, tenant James Lymburn.  1915 tenant Hugh Lymburn.  1920 prop David Stevenson.  1925 tenant John Kirk.  1930 tenant John Jones.