Description

The A70 from Ayr to Cumnock; leaving Cumnock on the B7083 and then the A76 through New Cumnock towards Kirkconnel, as far as the county line.

In the Road Acts

1767: The road leading from Ayr by Ochiltree, Old and New Cumnocks towards Sanquhar, so far as that road is within the said county of Ayr.
1805: The road through the parishes of Ayr, Coylton, Stair, Ochiltree, Old and New Cumnock, to the march of the county towards Dumfries.
1827: The road from Ayr, through the parishes of Ayr, Coylton, Stair, Ochiltree, Old and New Cumnock, to the march of the county towards Dumfries, with an alteration of the said line, at or near the village of Ochiltree, from the ten mile stone leading through the Lands of Laigh Tarbeg, Finlayston, Galillee parks, the property of David Limond esquire, of Dalblair, and through the feus of James Fisher, William Weir, and William Aird, and the heirs of the late Alexander Duncan, joining the present line near the Cross of Ochiltree, and all in the parish of Ochiltree.

MS Summary

Ayr 1, 2, 3 (off road), 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 all found on the A70. Ayr 10 marked on OS Landranger 70 (1994) not found. Note that Ayr 10 is the milestone mentioned in the 1827 Act (see above). Ayr 16 found on the old line of the A76, now B7083, on Glaisnock Street in Cumnock. Ayr 18, 19, and 20 found on the A76.

Other direction stones found on the line are included in the table below.

Ayr 1.

Ochiltree 10½, Cumnock 14¾.

Height 70cm.

On S side of road.

Photos DMcC 13th June 2004.

Ayr 2.

Ochiltree 9½, Cumnock 13¾.

Height 70cm.

On N side of road.

Photos DMcC 13th June 2004.

Ayr 3.
Ochiltree 10½, Cumnock 12¾.

Found in ditch and erected in a domestic garden nearby.
Photos DMcC 7th September 2015.

Ayr 4.

Ochiltree 7½, Cumnock 11¾.

Height 81 cm.

On N side of road.

Photos DMcC 13th June 2004.

Preserved at edge of new cycle path.
Photos DMcC 7th September 2015

Ayr 5.

Ochiltree 6½, Cumnock 10¾.

Photos DMcC 14th February 2007.

Ayr, Cumnock.

Coylton ½, Dalrymple 5¼.

Height 66cm.

At the more westerly junction of T9 and T50 (NS418194).

S (T9), W (T50).

Photos DMcC 13th June 2004.

Ayr 6.

Ochiltree 5½, Cumnock 9¾.

Height 78cm.

On the N side of the road.

Photos DMcC 13th June 2004.

For discussion of this milestone see page 4.

Ochiltree, Cumnock.

Littlemill.

Height 92cm.

At the more westerly junction with T24. In this case the staggered junction arose with the construction of the railway.

On the S side of T9, and the E side of T24.

Photos DMcC 13th June 2004.