SILKWALTON, a village, in the parish of DunDONAld,
district of Kyle, county of Ayr, 5 miles (W. by S.)
from Kilmarnock; containing '219 inliabitants.
Thi.s is a colliery-village seated on the bank of the
Irvine, in the northern quarter of the parish. The
colliery has been a considerable time in operation, and
the produce is largely exported: the depth of the shaft
is thirty-five fathoms, and there are two seams of coal,
one thirty-four, and the other forty-three inches thick,
the distance between the two being about sixteen feet.
In the viliae;e is a school.