Description

The A79 from Ayr to Prestwick. The road is bisected here by Prestwick Airport. It continued to Monkton on the other side of the airport. From Ayr to Monkton it shared the line with Turnpike 1 (Ayr to Irvine). From Monkton it continues on a minor road towards Kilmarnock, then the A77(T), and the B7038 into Kilmarnock.

In the Road Acts

1767: The road from Ayr to Kilmarnock.
1805: The road from Ayr to Kilmarnock, passing through the parishes of Newton, St Evox, Monkton, Symington, Craigie, Dundonald and Riccarton, or such of them as may be necessary
1827: The road from Ayr to Kilmarnock, passing through the parishes of Newton, Saint Evox, Monkton, Symington, Craigie, Dundonald, Riccarton, and Kilmarnock.

MS Summary

Ayr 2, 3, 10, 11. Ayr 2 and 3 are common to Turnpikes 1 and 2.

Ayr 2.

Irvine 9½, Kilmarnock 10.

Height 58cm.

On E side of road.

Photos DMcC 27th August 2004.

Ayr 3.

Irvine 8½, Kilmarnock 9.

Height 62cm.

On E side of road.

Photos DMcC 27th August 2004.

Ayr 10.

Kilmarnock 2.

Height (by long inclined side) 51cm.

On E side of road.

Hidden in a hawthorn hedge opposite MGM Garden & Leisure.

Photos DMcC 28th August 2004.

Kilmarnock 1, Ayr 11.

Hurlford 1¾, Galston 4¾.

Height 73cm.

On E side of turnpike 2 and S side of turnpike 14.

This square section stone is set into the wall of the graveyard of Riccarton Parish Church, at the junction of Old Street and New Street, with two adjacent faces visible. There must be an arrow for Ayr below ground level.

Photos DMcC 26th October 2004.