Old travel photograph of Barnwell Monument near Tarbolton in South Ayrshire, Scotland. This tower, designed by Robert Snodgrass, was built in the middle of the nineteenth century to commemorate Scottish hero William Wallace. It stands in a remote hilltop location near the hamlet of Barnwell in Ayrshire, between Tarbolton and Symington. It predates the celebrated monument near Stirling by several years. It is also known as Barnweill Monument, Barnweill Monument or Barnwell Monument. The legend that the name derives from an occasion when Wallace, standing on this elevated site, remarked that the Barns of Ayr, containing English soldiers, " Burns Well " is a myth, the real reason being that it is situated close to the remains of the medieval parish church of Barnweill, a parish that was suppressed in the 17th century. Robert Snodgrass, practised as an architect builder in Beith. He was the son of William Snodgrass, mason of Beith, and his son and grandsons followed in the same profession.
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