Description

A719 from Ayr to Galston. Its continuation from Galston towards Strathaven, omitted from the description of Turnpike 10 in the 1827 Act, is part of Turnpike 14.

In the Road Acts

1767: The road leading from Ayr to Galston, towards Strathaven, so far as that road is within the said county of Ayr.
1805: The road from Ayr, through the parishes of St Evox, Tarbolton, Craigie, Galston and Loudoun, to the march of the county towards Strathaven.
1827: The road from Ayr by Whiteletts, Ladykirk, Brownhill, Fail, Adam-hill, Airds Bridge over the Cessnock Water, and Wood Head to Galston, where it joins the road from Kilmarnock to the march of the counties of Ayr and Lanark, passing through the parishes of Ayr, Saint Evox, Monkton, Tarbolton, Craigie, and Galston.

MS Summary

Ayr 1, 4, 5 (off road). Also a direction stone at the junction with T31 (B739) and another at the junction with T18. Milestones marked on OS Landranger at NS453315, NS462325, and NS 478351 were not found.

Ayr 1.

Galston 13½, Mauchline 10.

Height 65cm.

On S side of road.

On Whitletts Road at entrance to Tesco.

This section of road was shared by T10 and T12.

Photos DMcC 8th August 2004.

Ayr 4.

Tarbolton 3¼, Galston 10½.

Height 59cm.

On S side of road.

On A719 E of Sandyford Toll.

Photos DMcC 24th June 2004.

Ayr 5.

Tarbolton 2¼, Galston 9½.

In domestic garden at Springbank, not far from original roadside location.

Photos DMcC 18th May 2009.

Ayr, arrow L, no distance; Tarbolton 2,

arrow R.

Monkton 3, Irvine 10½.

Height not measured.

At junction of T10 and T31 (B739); on N side of T10 and W side of T31.

Photos DMcC 17th March 2003.

Ayr, Galston.

Kilmarnock, Mauchline (indistinct), Cumnock (indistinct).

This marks the intersection of Turnpike 10 with Turnpike 18 (leading from Kilmarnock, by Mauchline, to Old Cumnock). That is, the intersection of A719 and A76.

This direction stone is at the south-west corner.

Photos DMcC 30th September 2015.