328 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



7. West Kilbride. 



Route, — From West Kilbride Kailway Station to 

 Knockewart Loch. 



One or two members of the party reached West 

 Kilbride by an early train, and spent some time 

 in examining the seashore between Seamill and 

 Chapelton, where Ruppia rostellata, Koch, Lepturus 

 filiformis, Trin., and other maritime plants were 

 obtained. 



On the arrival of the main party at the railway 

 station, a visit was made to Law Castle, a ruined 

 tower which occupies a conspicuous and picturesque 

 site on a hill overlooking the village of West 

 Kilbride. Here a halt was made, while Mr. D. A. 

 Boyd read a paper descriptive of the castle, its 

 history, and the fortunes of its former owners. 

 After examining the building, an old road was 

 followed up the eastern slope of Law Hill (551 ft.), 

 from which beautiful and extensive views were 

 obtained of the Firth of Clyde. At Blackshaw Hill 

 the party inspected the prehistoric sculpturings 

 which there occur on a surface of sandstone rock. 

 These are very numerous, and consist of incised 

 cups (some of which are surrounded with concentric 

 circles and furnished with radial grooves), pitted 

 spirals, and other figures. Having passed into 

 Ardrossan parish and ascended Knockewart Hill 

 (794 ft.), the party reached Knockewart Loch, a 

 small sheet of water which is now almost wholly 

 covered with a growth of surface vegetation. A 

 visit was afterwards made to Knock Jergon (757 ft.), 

 from the summit of which a very extensive view 

 was obtained of the Garnock Valley, Ayrshire Coast, 

 Arran, and other parts of the Firth. The hill is of 

 some archaeological interest as affording a very 

 good example of the "hill forts" which are common 

 in this part of the country. Here the party was 

 divided into two portions. Some of the members 

 returned to the village by the same route as had 



