The Lands of Sevenacres known locally as Snacres[1] were originally part of the holdings of Kilwinning Abbey in North Ayrshire, Scotland.

[3] In March 1558 the Montgomerie family purchased the feu of £3 2s 8d the lands of Sevenacres from the abbot of Kilwinning Abbey.

[4] The Bannoch Burn rises near Sevenacres and runs down from here to enter the River Garnock at Bridgend in Kilwinning.

In 1558 Patrick Montgomery is the first recorded holder of the Lands of Sevenacres following the selling of the feu by the abbot of Kilwinning and by the end of the century he was a fairly well-off "Bonnet Laird".

[3] This elevated site had a roundel with a path running to it, a shelter belt and a substantial dwelling house with associated outbuildings.

The 1747 map by Roy shows a number of roundels on the Eglinton Estate lands between High and Mid Moncur Farms.

Thomson's map of 1820 shows Sevenacres and Little Sevenacres on the main route from Bridgend in Kilwinning, up over Corsehill to Five Roads and up passed Red Boiler to High Moncur and finally to a junction with the Beith to Burnhouse to Dunlop Road at Giffen Castle.

[8] An old route also once ran from near Bannoch, up passed Crofthead and Hullerhill to join the road to Clonbeith near Sevenacres.

[8] In the 1880s when excavations linked to the building of a mineral railway were taking place a drain or narrow covered tunnel was located.

It was built of sandstone blocks with large slab covers and was held together with a basic clay mortar.