KIRKTOWN, a village, in the parish of Fexwick,
district of Cunninghame, county of Ayr, 5 miles (N.
E. byX.) from Kilmarnock; containing 11* inhabitants.
This village stands a short distance from that of Fenwick;
it is of very small extent, and little better in
appearance than a mere hamlet. The greater part of it
is built upon the glebe land.