Morton Place Observatory

Morton Place Observatory, Kilmarnock [demolished 1957]:

Thomas Morton, 1783-1862:

Astronomy in Scotland – The Mortons of Kilmarnock, by D. M. Gavine, PhD, 1982:

5 March 1846, Kilmarnock Weekly Post:

Morton Place Observatory, 1855-56:

18 April 1857, Kilmarnock Weekly Post:

2 October 1858, Kilmarnock Herald:

Donati’s comet, 1858:

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1859 OS map, Morton Place, Kilmarnock:

6 September 1862, Kilmarnock Weekly Post:

Morton Place Observatory, 1862-63:

22 November 1862, Kilmarnock Weekly Post:

11 May 1945, Kilmarnock Herald:

25 May 1984, Kilmarnock Standard:

30 November 1990, The Kilmarnock Standard: