Coylton

Coylton is a village and civil parish in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is five miles east of Ayr and 2+1⁄2 miles west of Drongan, on the A70. Sundrum Castle Holiday Park is to the west of the village, in the grounds of Sundrum Castle, which partly dates to the 13th century.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Sundrum Castle and Martnaham Loch.

Sundrum Castle

Castle

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Sundrum Castle is a Scottish medieval castle located 1.5 kilometres north of Coylton, South Ayrshire, by the Water of Coyle river. It was built in the 14th century for Sir Duncan Wallace, Sheriff of Ayr.

Martnaham Loch

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Martnaham Loch is a freshwater loch lying across the border between East and South Ayrshire Council Areas, two kilometres from Coylton, in the parishes of Coylton and Dalrymple, three miles from Ayr. Martnaham Loch is situated 2 miles southwest of Coylton.

Snipe Loch

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Snipe Loch or Loch Snipe is a freshwater loch. It is situated in a low-lying area close to the B742 road next to Clocaird Farm in the Parish of Coylton, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The loch lies to the north of Martnaham Loch, 5 miles east of Ayr. Snipe Loch is situated 2 miles southwest of Coylton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Annbank and Drongan.

Annbank

Village

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Annbank is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is around five miles east of Ayr. Originally a mining settlement, it once had a rail link to Ayr via the Auchincruive Waggonway. Annbank is situated 2 miles north of Coylton.

Drongan

Village

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Drongan is a former mining village in East Ayrshire, some 8 miles east of Ayr and west of Cumnock. It had a population of 4686 in 2011. Drongan is situated 2½ miles east of Coylton.

Stair

Hamlet

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Stair is a parish in Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies at the bottom of a glen beside the River Ayr at the north-west border of the 5,376 acre Parish of Stair where the River Ayr is joined by the Glenstang Burn. Stair is situated 3 miles northeast of Coylton.

Coylton

Type: Village with 2,180 residents
Description: village in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
Category: locality
Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.44625° or 55° 26′ 47″ north

Longitude

-4.52049° or 4° 31′ 14″ west

Population

2,180

Elevation

240 feet (73 metres)

Open location code

9C7QCFWH+FR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 373223130

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2652176

Wikidata ID

Q1011801

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Coylton” goes by many names.

Basque: “Coylton”
Cebuano: “Coylton”
Dutch: “Coylton”
French: “Coylton”
Irish: “Coylton”
Japanese: “コイルトン”
Scots: “Kyletoun”
Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Chuil”
Scottish Gaelic: “Coylton”
Spanish: “Coylton”
Swedish: “Coylton”
Welsh: “Coylton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Coylton”. Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.