Black Wood

Black Wood is a forest in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Black Wood is situated nearby to the village Failford, as well as near the locality Newlands Wood.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Redcraig Viaduct and Mauchline Castle.

Redcraig Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Bob Forrest, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Redcraig Viaduct is a bridge.

Mauchline Castle

Castle

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Mauchline Castle, also known as Abbot Hunter's Tower, is a rectangular tower house dating from the fifteenth century, in Mauchline, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Trabboch Castle

Ruins

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Trabboch Castle is a ruined L-plan tower house in the old Barony of Trabboch, Parish of Stair, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mauchline and Stair.

Mauchline

Town

Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mauchline is a town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In the 2001 census Mauchline had a recorded population of 4,105. It is home to the National Burns Memorial.

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.

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.

Black Wood

Type: Forest
Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.499° or 55° 29′ 56″ north

Longitude

-4.431° or 4° 25′ 52″ west

Open location code

9C7QFHX9+HH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1465394782

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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