Coylton

Coylton
Coylton is located in South Ayrshire
Coylton
Coylton
Location within South Ayrshire
Population2,160 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNS413194
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAYR
Postcode districtKA6
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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55°26′36″N 4°31′06″W / 55.443414°N 4.518319°W / 55.443414; -4.518319

Coylton (Scots: Culton)[2] is a village and civil parish in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is five miles (eight kilometres) east of Ayr and 2+12 miles (4 kilometres) west of Drongan, on the A70.[3] Sundrum Castle Holiday Park is to the west of the village, in the grounds of Sundrum Castle, which partly dates to the 13th century. A rocking stone stands atop the Craigs of Kyle near Coylton. It weighs about 30 tons and rests upon two stones. A large standing stone known as Wallace's Stone stands nearby.[4] The village is also home to a parish church of the Gothic style, built in 1832.

The Coylton rocking stone
Coylton Parish Church
  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "The Online Scots Dictionary". Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  3. ^ The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland. 1854. Vol.I. (AAN-GORDON) by Rev. John Marius Wilson. p.306 https://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee01wils#page/306/mode/1up
  4. ^ Paterson, James (1863). History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton. Vol. I. - Kyle. James Stillie, Edinburgh. pp.217–218.