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The site of the village was slightly to the north-west of Glenbuck "Loch", on the River Ayr, and was surrounded on three sides by South Lanarkshire. The Ayrshire/Lanarkshire border runs north to south across the Loch. The "Loch" is in fact a dam created in 1802 by James Finlay for his Catrine cotton works. Much of the dam banks was created by ...
Crosshouse is a village in East Ayrshire about 3 kilometres (2 miles) west of Kilmarnock. It grew around the cross-roads of the main Kilmarnock to Irvine road, once classified as the A71 but now reduced in status to the B7081, with a secondary road (the B751) running from Kilmaurs south to Gatehead and beyond towards Prestwick. The Carmel Water ...
Kilmaurs (from Scottish Gaelic Cill Mhàrais) [2] is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland which lies just outside of the largest settlement in East Ayrshire, Kilmarnock.It lies on the Carmel Water, 21 miles (34 kilometres) southwest of Glasgow.
Wallace's Cave in the Lugar Gorge at Auchinleck in the Parish of Auchinleck, East Ayrshire is an 18th-century grotto, [1] contemporary with Dr Johnson's Summerhouse which is also located on the Auchinleck Estate. [2] [3] [4] It shows superior workmanship and is possibly the enlargement of a pre-existing cave. [5]
Gilliam is an unincorporated community on the North Fork River in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. It lies between Algoma and Rolfe along County Route 17. The community was named after one Mr. Gilliam, a coal-mining official. [2]
Villages in East Ayrshire, Scotland. See also Category:Towns in East Ayrshire. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. K. Kilmaurs (1 C, 6 P)
The highest point in the immediate area (just outside the Dolly Sods Wilderness area in the Roaring Plains West Wilderness) is Mount Porte Crayon (4,770 ft or 1,450 m). The summit area around Mount Porte Crayon is the largest flat-topped plateau in Eastern North America containing 5.5 square miles (14 km 2 ) above 4,500 ft (1,400 m) elevation.
East Ayrshire is represented in the Scottish Parliament by two constituencies: Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley and Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley. The electoral wards in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency are listed below. All of these wards are part of East Ayrshire: [2] Annick; Kilmarnock North; Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse