page_title: Montgreenan
section_title: Micro history
hierarchical_section_title: Montgreenan / Micro history
caption_attribution_description: English: The Torranyard Inn on the A736 in North Ayrshire, Scotland. 2007. Rosser 11:57, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
context_page_description: Montgreenan is an estate in North Ayrshire, Parish of Kilwinning, Scotland. The Lugton Water runs through the policies and farmland of Montgreenan. Nearby are the hamlets of Torranyard and Auchentiber.
context_section_description: The OS maps show that Benslie village was named 'Montgreenan' up until at least 1938, with the name Benslie given to the wood, the old farmhouse on the 'island' created by the three roads and the term Benslie Square. The postal address may have been the direct cause of the name change, preventing confusion with the Montgreenan estate.
  Opposite Janburrow in Benslie is Burnbrae cottage, built as the Montgreenan Estate factor's house in 1846. Adjacent to Burnbrae is Burnbank Cottage which was built in 1882 for Mathew Kirkland, a former gamekeeper on the Eglinton estate. Burnbrae appears on General Roy's 18th century map and Aitkens map of 1828.
  The ruin of Auchenharvie Castle is a prominent feature of this flat landscape in the Torranyard area.
  Bloak Moss has been scientifically investigated to ascertain its vegetational history through the analysis of core samples.
  South Fergushill church in Benslie was built to serve Montgreenan, Fergushill, Doura and Benslie. It was consecrated on Sunday, 3 November 1879 and the first minister was then Rev. William McAlpine.
  The Montgreenan coal mine was served by the railway that ran up via Sevenacres. It was abandoned prior to 1875.
caption: The Torranyard Inn.
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