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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/149886
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Dundonald (Kyle And Carrick)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
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).
NS33SW 23.01 3151 3111
see also: NS33SW 23.00 30981 31484 Harbour
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