Macrae Monument
James Macrae was most likely born in the parish of Ochiltree and escaped great poverty to become a sea captain and later an administrator who served as the governor of Fort St George and in 1725 governor of the Madras Presidency, modern-day Chennai.Photo: Ian Rainey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: monument in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Macrae Monument, Ayrshire”, “Macrae’s Monument”, and “Macrae’s Monument, Monkton”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Glasgow Prestwick Airport and HMS Gannet.
Glasgow Prestwick Airport
Aerodrome
Glasgow Prestwick Airport is an international airport serving the west of Scotland, situated one nautical mile northeast of the town of Prestwick, and 32 miles southwest of Glasgow, Scotland.
HMS Gannet
Military installation
Photo: Mark Harkin, CC BY 2.0.
HMS Gannet is a forward operating base of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm located at Glasgow Prestwick Airport, South Ayrshire in Scotland. The facility was previously also known as Royal Naval Air Station Prestwick before it was downsized in 2001. HMS Gannet is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Macrae Monument.
Prestwick International Airport railway station
Railway station
Photo: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prestwick International Airport railway station serves Glasgow Prestwick Airport, near the town of Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is 37+3⁄4 miles south west of Glasgow Central, on the Ayrshire Coast Line. Prestwick International Airport railway station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Macrae Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monkton and Prestwick.
Monkton
Village
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Monkton is a small town in the parish of Monkton and Prestwick in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The town of Prestwick is around 1+1⁄2 miles south of the village, and it borders upon Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
Prestwick
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prestwick is a town in Ayrshire on the Clyde coast of Scotland, with a population of 14,880 in 2020. It became a beach and golf resort in Victorian times, but is best known for its airport.
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 2½ miles northwest of Macrae Monument.
Macrae Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.52063° or 55° 31′ 14″ northLongitude
-4.59068° or 4° 35′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C7QGCC5+7POpenStreetMap ID
node 9760326734OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q17265693
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In Other Languages
“Macrae Monument” goes by many names.
- German: “Macrae’s Monument”
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