FailfordFailfordClick here for map of area on a separate browser window.
A small settlement and wooded beauty spot where the waters of Fail flow into the River Ayr. Woodland walks and a monument to Robert Burns commemorating his parting with "Hieland Mary" an Argyllshire milkmaid named Mary Campbell can be found here.
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This is a small village to the south of Largs and hosts a 19th century church and a short distance away a 16th century Tower House.
The Church has a plaque to the pilot Alan Boyle who flew the first British monoplane in 1909.
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Originally a weavers village, which can be identified bt the window patterns of some of the houses. John Fulton, a shoemaker to trade built a working model of the know part of the solar system in 1882. The 'orrery' as it is known is in the care of the Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery.
Author : -Bob McIntyre