Historical Markers in South Ayrshire, Scotland

By Brandon Fletcher, April 3, 2011

Burns Cottage Marker

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1 ► United Kingdom, Scotland, South Ayrshire, Ayr — Burns Cottage —

Robert Burns, the Ayshire Poet, was born in this cottage on 25th Jan. A.D. 1759 and died 21st July A.D. 1796 age 37 1/2 years. — — Map (db m88539) HM

2 ► United Kingdom, Scotland, South Ayrshire, Kilmarnock — Barnweil Tower — William Wallace Tower —

The tower, designed by the builder and Mason Robert Snodgrass, was erected in 1855 by one William Patrick of Roughwood. It was in tribute to William Wallace "Guardian of Scotland." It is one of series of Wallace monuments built throughout the . . . — — Map (db m85831) HM

3 ► United Kingdom, Scotland, South Ayrshire, Maybole — Crossraguel Abbey — One of the Most Complete Medieval Monastaries in Scotland —

Crossraguel Abbey was founded by Earl Duncan of Carrick (died 1250) and colonised by monks from the Cluniac abbey at Paisley. The lands bestowed on it lay almost entirely in Carrick, and included fishing rights, coal deposits and the churches of . . . — — Map (db m88989) HM

4 ► United Kingdom, Scotland, South Ayrshire, Maybole — The Electric Brae' —

Known locally as 'Croy Brae' This runs the quarter mile from the bend overlooking Croy Railway Viaduct in the west (286 feet above ordnance Datum) to the wooded Craigencroy Glen (303 feet A.O.D.) to the east. Whilst there is this slope of . . . — — Map (db m88538) HM