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Troon Harbour, Stone Sleeper

Railway (19th Century)-(20th Century)

Site Name Troon Harbour, Stone Sleeper

Classification Railway (19th Century)-(20th Century)

Canmore ID 149886

Site Number NS33SW 23.01

NGR NS 3151 3111

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council South Ayrshire
  • Parish Dundonald (Kyle And Carrick)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Kyle And Carrick
  • Former County Ayrshire

Summary Record (14 July 2010)

This stone sleeper (now out of context, see SC44473) is probably a remnant of the Duke of Portland's railway , the Kilmarnock and Troon (1808), which be built to carry coal fom his Kilmarnock collieries to his harbour at Troon (begun 1808).

Archaeology Notes

NS33SW 23.01 3151 3111

see also: NS33SW 23.00 30981 31484 Harbour

Architecture Notes

NS33SW 23 3151 3111

A stone sleeper originally of the nearby railway line now incorporated into the end of a wall running from 3150 3109 to 3152 3112 (exact position unclear).

Information from RCAHMS (SC) 10th September 1999

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