Historical Markers and War Memorials
in Ayrshire & Arran Region

By Brandon Fletcher, April 3, 2015

To Loudoun Hill

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1 ► United Kingdom, Scotland, East Ayrshire, Darvel — Battle of Loudoun Hill — May 10, 1307 —

Through devotion and by willing hands this stone was hauled here to commemorate the first victory of King Robert the Bruce who won for us freedom from serfdom. — — Map (db m87185) HM WM

2 ► United Kingdom, Scotland, East Ayrshire, Darvel — Spirit of Scotland Monument — Loudoun Hill — William Wallace- 1297 & Robert the Bruce- 1307 —

Spirit of Scotland Erected in 2004 by Irvine Valley Regeneration Partnership to commemorate the two battles fought at Loudoun Hill during the Wars of Independence William Wallace - 1297 Robert the Bruce - 1307 . . . — — Map (db m85664) HM

3 ► United Kingdom, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Melrose — An Eccentric Vision — William Wallace Statue —

An eccentric vision Along this path a dramatic statue of William Wallace gazes out across the Tweed. This is just one of a number of features in the area built by David Stuart Erskine, the 11th Earl of Buchan: if you continue down the . . . — — Map (db m85740) HM

4 ► United Kingdom, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Melrose — Royal Connections — Melrose Abbey —

For centuries, Melrose Abbey was connected to the Scottish Crown. While it never gained the regal position of Iona or Dunfermline, its location close to England and association with kings has given it a special place in Scottish history. David . . . — — Map (db m88486) HM

5 ► United Kingdom, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Melrose — Scott's View —

Sir Walter Scott loved the Borders landscape, history and people with a passion. He was the most popular writer of his age: when he died his funeral procession was over a mile long. It took his body from his home at Abbotsford to his tomb in . . . — — Map (db m88925) HM

6 ► United Kingdom, Scotland, Scottish Borders, Selkirk — The Fletcher Monument — Flodden Field —

This monument, embodying the spirit of the Selkirk tradition and erected to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Flodden Field, was unveiled by the Earl of Roseberry, K.G., KT. Andrew Lusk Allan Provost 1913 — — Map (db m85662) HM

7 ► 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

8 ► 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

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9 ► 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

10 ► 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

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