Dundonald
Dundonald is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Dundonald has about 2,670 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: PaulT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
- Type: Village with 2,670 residents
- Description: village in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Dundonald, South Ayrshire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dundonald Castle and Auchans Castle.
Dundonald Castle
Castle
Photo: Derek Ferris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dundonald Castle is situated on a hill overlooking the village of Dundonald, between Kilmarnock and Troon in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Dundonald Castle is a fortified tower house built for Robert II on his accession to the throne of Scotland in 1371 and it was used as a royal residence by Robert II and his son Robert III.
Auchans Castle
Castle
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Auchans Castle, House, House of Auchans or Old Auchans, is a mock military mansion, Category A listed, T-plan building of a late 16th-century date converted to the L-plan during the early-to-mid-17th century; its ruins stand about 1 km W of Dundonald, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
Kilmarnock Golf Club
Golf course
Kilmarnock Golf Club is a golf club and course in Barassie on the west coast of Scotland. Formed as Ossington Golf Club in 1887, the first course was at Holmes Farm in Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock Golf Club is situated 2 miles west of Dundonald.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loans and Dreghorn.
Loans
Village
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Loans is a village in South Ayrshire near Troon, Scotland. It is located in Dundonald parish on the A759 at the junction with the B746 and a minor road to Dundonald. Loans is situated 2 miles southwest of Dundonald.
Dreghorn
Village
Photo: Dave souza, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, 3.5 kilometres east of Irvine town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock. It is sited on a ridge between two rivers. Dreghorn is situated 2½ miles north of Dundonald.
Crosshouse
Village
Photo: Ian Rainey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crosshouse is a village in East Ayrshire about 3 kilometres west of Kilmarnock. It grew around the cross-roads of the main Kilmarnock to Irvine road, once classified as the A71 but now reduced in status to the B7081, with a secondary road running from Kilmaurs south to Gatehead and beyond towards Prestwick. Crosshouse is situated 3 miles northeast of Dundonald.
Dundonald
- Category: locality
- Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.5778° or 55° 34′ 40″ northLongitude
-4.59471° or 4° 35′ 41″ westPopulation
2,670Elevation
125 feet (38 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB DDDOpen location code
9C7QHCH4+44OpenStreetMap ID
node 416003355OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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