Balquharran
Balquharran is a farm in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Balquharran is situated nearby to the forest Castle Wood, as well as near the historic site Dalquharrahn Tile Works.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dalquharran Castle and Old Dalquharran Castle.
Dalquharran Castle
Castle
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Dalquharran Castle is a category A listed building in South Ayrshire, Scotland, designed by Robert Adam and completed around 1790. The first recorded lord of the property which already included a castle, was Gilbert Kennedy, as stated in a 1474 Charter for the nearby Crossraguel Abbey; the estate was later owned by the Kennedy family for centuries. Dalquharran Castle is situated 2,300 feet south of Balquharran.
Old Dalquharran Castle
Ruins
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Dalquharran Castle is a ruins, which is situated 3,100 feet south of Balquharran.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dailly and Turnberry.
Dailly
Village
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Dailly is a village in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is located on the Water of Girvan, five miles south of Maybole, and three miles east of Old Dailly.
Turnberry
Village
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Turnberry is a village 6 miles north of Girvan, in the civil parish of Kirkoswald, in the council area of South Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a golf resort called Turnberry which has three courses. In 1991 it had a population of 149. Turnberry is situated 4½ miles west of Balquharran.
Maybole
Town
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Maybole is a town and former burgh of barony and police burgh in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It had an estimated population of 4,580 in 2020. It is situated 9 miles south of Ayr and 50 miles southwest of Glasgow by the Glasgow and South Western Railway. Maybole is situated 5 miles north of Balquharran.
Balquharran
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.2892° or 55° 17′ 21″ northLongitude
-4.72186° or 4° 43′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C7Q77QH+M7OpenStreetMap ID
way 383040489OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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