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:
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: