Ayr Mount

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Ayr Mount is an estate located east of Hillsborough, in Orange County, North Carolina, the United States of America.

In 1799, William Kirkland (born in Ayr, Scotland) bought 500 acres (2.0 km²) east of Hillsborough. Circa 1815, he had a home built for himself, his wife, Margaret, and their children. The Kirkland family lived at Ayr Mount for four generations, with the last Kirkland, Samuel Kirkland, residing at Ayr Mount until he died in 1971.

The property had gone through several owners prior to Kirkland's purchase of the property, the most well-known being William Few, Jr., whose father, William Few, Sr., had a house built on the property circa 1764.

Today, Ayr Mount is a publicly-accessible historic site located on 265 acres (1.07 km²). It is a property of Classical American Homes Preservation Trust and is operated by Preservation North Carolina. Ayr Mount features guided house tours and the one-mile (1.6 km) hiking trail the "Poet's Walk."