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Show Great Estates Linked With Scottish History One ot the oldest end most historic estates In Scotland, Is Oadglrth, In Ayrshire, six miles from Ayr. For centuries It was the home of the Chalmers, great chamberlains of Scotland, Scot-land, from whom Doctor Chalmers, the furuius divine, is said to have claimed descent From an account written by the sheriff of Ayr In 1359, "the farthing lands of Oadglrth formed part of the royal domains" or "Kings Kyle," and were held by the Chalmers family from possibly the Twelfth century. According to the authority of itobertson the historian, Iteginnld D- Camera had a charter of the lands after the bottle of Bon' oockburn from ltobert the Bruce, although al-though this does not, however, appear among the published charttrs of that monarch's reign. The first castle was a place of great strength and Jutted out into the Itlver Ayr, while in the second, which occupied the same site as, the present tnnngfor. bouse. John Knox dispensed the sacrament, and Queen Mary of sjcots spent a night there;when fleeing after the battle of Ungslde. The estate extends to ' close jn 4U0 acres, and Includes three farms. |