I903-I904.] lVestK^lbn^e and North Ayrshire Coast. 109 

 bold and rocky, with successive headlands and ranges of cliffs 



tol d^.t°Tf '' '^"'^ "'^^^^ «^^'^^^-"^ "--ase^n a tMe 

 towards the high watershed between Ayrshire and P.IW 



recede from the neighbourhood of the sea, leavtog a fiat and 



torm-swept tract of country. Although the district is rich 



m h,stoncal associations, its physical features are somewhat 



Iack.ng,„.nterest; but it contains the ancient royarbulX 



and ,s notable for an almost continuous line of oolf-courses of 

 wh,ch the Imks at Prestwick and Troon are perhaps thmos 

 famon3. Considerable sand-hills occur in the nXhbonrC 

 of the nvers Irvine and Garnock, amono which have he»„ 

 discovered arrow-heads and scrapers of chipped fit, frlLents 

 pottery, remains of primitive iron-smelLg furnacrand 

 other traces of prehistoric inhabitants. The Nobe Comn'^nv-, 

 great works for the manufacture of explosives are sSXdL 

 th Ardeer Sands; while the adjoining' dunes, with the drv 

 hillocks, moist hollows, and shallow pools afTordU > 

 esting forms of animal and plant Me f^L^I Zu" 

 perhaps the most notable specL are FyrouZZZr ^ 

 a<na. and l„odr„, inundatnm, not known to occm- else 

 where m the district. ™''" 



Along the northern part of the coast-line, between Ard 

 rossan and the county boundary at Kelly Burn TbeT^ 



carboniferous series, much intersected by dvkes of inf. 



Se co!r. rr: i-f ^\^^!^^^^^ 

 .:ra:l'-rr™*^^^^^^^^ 



Where the sandstone has crumbled awav fh« ? ^ f' 



dyk™ TtL?" ^™"""'""'- Ju"i»Vorint thf sT Th 

 dykes of trap are sometimes very numerous, rangino from a 

 few inches to several feet in thickness, and may i,^s Zlv 

 be seen crossing one another at right angles. llLlZT^^ 



