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Dalgain
DALGAIN, the ancient name of the parish and
village of Sorn, in the district of Kyle, Ayrshire, and still
occasionally applied to the village. An estate in the parish also
retains the name. The village, consisting of one row of houses, is
situated on the north side of the road from Ayr to Muirkirk, in a
beautiful holm, having the river Ayr in front, and overhung from
behind by a winding bank covered with natural wood. It has annual
fairs on the second Tuesday of March, O.S., and on the first Monday of
November, N. S. Its inhabitants are chiefly agricultural labourers,
colliers, and quarriers. Population about 300.
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