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Ayrshire
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Illustrated Catalogue of |
Ayrshire Milestones |
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Description |
A minor road which leaves A70 south of Cumnock near Skerrington and meets B741 near Littlemark. |
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In the Road Acts |
1805: A road from the village of Old Cumnock, leading past Benston Limework, till it joins the road between Dalmellington and New Cumnock, passing through the parishes of Old and New Cumnock. |
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MS Summary |
There is a direction stone, and an earlier one from the same position in the collection at Montgreenan. |
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The direction stone below was at the fork where T68 left T9 south-east of Cumnock. This is now where the A76 bypassing Cumnock rejoins the old line, and the direction stone is in an approximation of its original position. See below the images for further information. |
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Above: The direction stone was on the narrow angle of the fork. This face lay approximately along the line of T9, and pointed north-west. Ayr, Ochiltree, and Cumnock were on T9, which terminated in Ayr. Glasgow and Kilmarnock were alternative destinations from Cumnock. Photo DMcC 30 August 2004. |
Above: This face was the one seen by a traveller coming south-east along the T9 from Cumnock. Left led along the T9 to Sanquhar and Dumfries (the present A76). Right led along T68 (now a minor road) to meet the T39 which led from New Cumnock to Dalmellington. Photo DMcC 30 August 2004. |
Above: This face lay approximately along the line of T68. Left led north-west along the T9 to Cumnock etc. Right led along the T68 to Benston and the T39. Benston is just a farm now, but it was the site of an important lime quarry. Photo DMcC 30 August 2004. |
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An earlier stone from this location is one of The Montgreenan Milestones.
Photos: DC McClure, March 2009.
The destinations on the badly-worn right-hand face could be Dalmellington (to the right) and Cumnock (to the left). The milestone was located at the junction near Skerrington of T9 leading from Cumnock towards Sanquhar (the present A76) with T68, leading by way of Benston limework to join T39, the road from New Cumnock to Dalmellington (the present B741). No milestone or guide post is shown at the point on the 1st OS. |
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