Tormitchell
Road (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tormitchell
Classification Road (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Auchenmady
Canmore ID 74242
Site Number NX29SW 20
NGR NX 2231 9314
NGR Description From NX 2231 9314 to NX 2312 9407
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74242
- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Girvan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Kyle And Carrick
- Former County Ayrshire
NX29SW 20 2231 9314
A road established in the early 19th century for wheeled vehicles from Tormitchell quarry south-westwards out of the survey area. The carriageway is 2.5 to 3m wide and has been engineered to provide uniform shallow gradients. It has ditches in poorly-drained areas, and there is limited evidence of metalling (small angular rubble). There are small quarries beside the road at intervals. The road is shown on the 1st edition of the OS 25" map (1855).
The road can be traced for most of its route although it has been washed away where it crosses streams and gullies; no original bridges or culverts were located. The section at Auchenmady has been repaired recently as part of a farm track, but the remainder is abandoned and unusable.
Visited May 1993.
S Carter 1993; NMRS, MS/738/1.
