Old travel Blog photograph of the Courting Tree in Hunterston, Ayrshire, Scotland. The Courting Tree was an Ash Tree located at the end of a footpath opposite a walled garden heading towards a Mansion House. It had its trunk carved out and a seat embedded into it. The original Hunter lands were Ardneil, or " Arnele " or " Arnell " or " Arnelle ". Ardneil Bay extends from West Kilbride towards Portencross on the South side of the Hunterston Peninsula. Ardneil is on the road between Portencross and West Kilbride. The old spelling of the family was " Huntar ", and the estate, " Huntarstown. " Hunter of Hunterston owned the estates here as early as the time of Alexander II, King of Scotland.
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