Barony A Frame
The Barony A Frame is a preserved headgear in East Ayrshire, Scotland, located 2 kilometres west of Auchinleck. One hundred and eighty feet high, it was built in 1954 as part of the modernisation of the Barony Colliery, which had been opened in 1907.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monument
- Description: preserved headframe, built 1954, at an inactive colliery in East Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Address: Barony Road, AUCHINLECK
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dumfries House and Auchinleck railway station.
Dumfries House
Photo: Julien.scavini, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dumfries House is a Palladian country house in Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located within a large estate, around two miles west of Cumnock. Noted for being one of the few such houses with much of its original 18th-century furniture still present, including… Dumfries House is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Barony A Frame.
Auchinleck railway station
Railway station
Photo: Gordon Dowie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchinleck railway station is a railway station in the village of Auchinleck, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line. It is also the nearest station to the larger town of Cumnock. Auchinleck railway station is situated 1½ miles east of Barony A Frame.
Wallace’s Cave
Cave
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wallace's Cave in the Lugar Gorge at Auchinleck in the Parish of Auchinleck, East Ayrshire is an 18th-century grotto, contemporary with Dr Johnson's Summerhouse which is also located on the Auchinleck Estate. Wallace’s Cave is situated 2 miles northwest of Barony A Frame.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ochiltree and Auchinleck.
Ochiltree
Village
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ochiltree is a conservation village in East Ayrshire, Scotland, near Auchinleck and Cumnock. It is one of the oldest villages in East Ayrshire, with archaeological remains indicating Stone Age and Bronze Age settlers.
Auchinleck
Village
Photo: Brian D Osborne, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Auchinleck is a village 5 miles southeast of Mauchline, and 2 miles northwest of Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Surrounding the village is Auchinleck Estate, centred on Auchinleck House, past home of the lawyer, diarist and biographer James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck.
Catrine
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Catrine is a village in the heart of East Ayrshire in Scotland, which was formerly a centre of cotton manufacture. It had a population of around 2,020 in 2020. Catrine is situated 2½ miles north of Barony A Frame.
Barony A Frame
- Categories: headframe and historic site
- Location: East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.46839° or 55° 28′ 6″ northLongitude
-4.33212° or 4° 19′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C7QFM99+95OpenStreetMap ID
node 3910449864OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q4862994
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“Barony A Frame” goes by many names.
- Scots: “Barony A Frame”
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