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I have heard of a monument in honour
of William Wallace on top of a hill
outside Kilmarnock where there are
views of Ayr.
The website www.electricscotland.com/history/kilmarnock/part2c3
gives information on the monument.
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After lingering while to view
the expanse of country I returned
to the road and continued the
ascent of Barnweill Hill, and
ultimately, after considerable
exertion, reached the summit
whereon stands the Wallace
monument, and on which, tradition
states,
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the Scottish hero paused in his
flight to view the lurid flames that
consumed the Barns of Ayr, which he had
fired in revenge for the murder of his
uncle and other noblemen. He must have
watched the scene with intense
interest, for, as the flames shot
heavenward, he exclaimed, "The Barns
o’ Ayr burn weel!" -a pithy
saying from which it is said the place
takes its name. The image above is from
the website www.geocities.com/wheehamx/rrBarnweill.
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