Davis records that the local farmer has noted that pottery and stones are brought up by ploughing at an elevated spot ( NS 417 411 ) off the old entrance to Jocksthorn farm at a point east of both Tour House and Jock's Thorn.
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The name reflects an old legend that the spiny branches were used to make the crown of thorns placed on Christ's head before his crucifixion . " Ziziphus spina-christi ", the Christ's thorn jujube, is also identified as being used for the crown of thorns.
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Soon thereafter, the team snagged several big international prizes, acquiring control of Tungsram, the Hungarian light bulb maker, in 1989 and, the next year, the light bulb division of Britain's Thorn EMI . The acquistions, gave GE's lighting division the size to face down global competitors like Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands.
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In 1884-6 the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland records that " " . . . a neighbouring farm, Jock's Thorn, contains vestiges of the original or more ancient residence of the Glencairn family, to whom Kilmaurs gave the title of Baron both while they were Earls of Glencairn and for 53 years earlier . ""
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The explanation for the Kilmaurs Place / Jock's Thorn locations of Kilmaurs Castle is that the prime location for a castle was on the eminence now occupied by Kilmaurs Place and this was the baronial residence, whilst Jock's Thorn was a separate defensive structure, a fortalice, usually more a place for the protection of the common people than a residence for the laird.
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The explanation for the Kilmaurs Place / Jock's Thorn locations of Kilmaurs Castle is that the prime location for a castle was on the eminence now occupied by Kilmaurs Place and this was the baronial residence, whilst Jock's Thorn was a separate defensive structure, a fortalice, usually more a place for the protection of the common people than a residence for the laird.
