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Ayrshire
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Illustrated Catalogue of |
Ayrshire Milestones |
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Description |
A719 from Ayr to the bypass, continuing in same direction on B743 until it meets A70 west of Muirkirk; then A70 to the county boundary. |
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In the Road Acts |
1767: The road leading from Ayr
by Mauchline, Sorn and Muirkirk towards Douglas, so far as that
road is within the said county of Ayr. |
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MS Summary |
Ayr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22. There are also direction stones at some junctions on the turnpike, included in the appropriate positions in the tables. The survey and cataloguing of stones on this turnpike has been completed between Ayr and the junction with the modern A70. There are some stones still to be surveyed between there and the county boundary near Glenbuck. |
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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. They diverged at Whitlett Toll, where T10 followed the present Low Road NNE, while T12 continued NE by the present High Road. See for instance the advertisement for 'Whitelett' toll to let in Glasgow Mercury, 5th April 1796, page 112.
Photos DMcC 8th August 2004. |
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Ayr 2. Mauchline 9, Muirkirk 22½. Height 83cm. On central reservation at W side of Whitletts roundabout.
Photos DMcC 8th August 2004. |
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Ayr 3. Mauchline 8, Muirkirk 21½. Height 64cm. On S side of road.
Photos DMcC 25th June 2004. |
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Recumbent stone. Ayr 4. Other face not visible. Height not measured.
Photos DMcC 19th July 2004. |
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Ayr 6. Mauchline 5, Muirkirk 18½. Height 80cm. On S side of road.
Photos DMcC 1st June 2003. |
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Ayr 7. Mauchline 4, Muirkirk 17½. Height 87cm. On S side of road.
Photos DMcC 4th July 2004. |
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Ayr 11; Sorn 4, Muirkirk 13½. Kilmarnock 8¾, Glasgow 30¾; Cumnock 6, Dumfries 51. Height not measured. On NE corner of The Cross,Mauchline.
This stone has since been refurbished and resited - see below.
Photos DMcC August 1993.
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The above stone refurbished and in its new position at The Cross, Mauchline - on the E side of T18 (A76) and facing T12 (B743). Height 109cm.
Photos DMcC 28th July 2004. |
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