Kilmaurs
Sign in to saveKilmaurs () is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland which lies just outside of the largest settlement in East Ayrshire, Kilmarnock. It lies on the Carmel Water, southwest of Glasgow. Population recorded for the village in the 2001 Census recorded 2,601 people resided in the village It was in the Civil Parish of Kilmaurs.
Weather now
cached 673h ago7-day forecast
via Open-Meteo
Place details
- Locality
- Kilmaurs
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,800
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Kilmaurs
- UK place.type
- Village
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Cill Mhàrais
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS407413
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- East Ayrshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Ayrshire and Arran
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Kilmarnock and Loudoun
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley
- UK place.post_town
- Kilmarnock
- UK place.postcode_district
- KA3
- UK place.postcode_area
- KA
- UK place.static_image_name
- Mini-roundabout, Kilmaurs - geograph.org.uk - 1715058.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Kilmaurs Cross, showing the old Kilmaurs Tolbooth in the centre
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250px
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 2780
- Image
- Kilmaurs180407a.JPG
Show 2 more facts
- Commons category
- Kilmaurs
- P8168
- Ziwiye
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~15 min read
Article
19 sectionsContents
- Prehistory
- History
- Early history
- Economic and religious
- Cunninghams and the Glencairn Aisle
- Laigh Milton viaduct
- The Tolbooth (also known as the Jougs)
- The Mercat Cross and Butter Market
- Public Hall
- Modern history
- Landmarks
- Murdock's or the Penny Bridge
- Knockland Hill or Bowie's Munt
- Bailliehill Mount Iron Age Hill Fort
- Loupin'-on-stane
- In media
- See also
- References
- External links
Kilmaurs () is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland which lies just outside of the largest settlement in East Ayrshire, Kilmarnock. It lies on the Carmel Water, southwest of Glasgow. Population recorded for the village in the 2001 Census recorded 2,601 people resided in the village It was in the Civil Parish of Kilmaurs.
==Prehistory== The fossilised remains of eight mammoths were found in Woodhill quarry, Kilmaurs.
Gallery (7)
On the map
2 mapped locations