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On
the hillside above (Dunure) stands the ruins of the unfinished castle
of Dunduff, a local illustration of that searching question of our Lord's
- "Which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first and
counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient funds to finish it? Lest
haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it,
all that behold it begin to mock him saying, This man began to build and
was not able to finish."
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Dunduffe still exists in its unfinished state. It has been designed, apparently, to form an oblong square tower of considerable magnitude. The walls are as high as the second story, which seems to have been intended for the dining room. The windows are large, and the apartment has, even in its unfinished and ruinous state, a light and pleasant appearance. The site of the castle, on the range of hills not far from Dunure, commands a beautiful prospect. |
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Rev. R. Lawson, "Places of Interest about
Maybole",
Published J.& R. Parlane, 1891 |
James Paterson, "History of the Counties
of Ayr and Wigton, Volume II - Carrick", Published James Stillie, Edinburgh,
1894.
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