Cronberry railway station

Cronberry railway station was a railway station serving the hamlet of Cronberry, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.

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Medieval turf building in Cronberry

Excavations in Cronberry, East Ayrshire, Scotland by Headland Archaeology revealed a medieval turf building and a nearby enclosure, also constructed of turf, of unknown date. The turf structure was sub-rectangular and contained a hearth surrounded by paving. Pottery dating to no later than the 16th century was recovered from the interior. The plan of the turf building was exposed during excavation. Due to the construction's materials and nature, it had been greatly affected by soil processes since it went out of use. The walls appear to have been made from a mixture of turf and local soil. Preservation was found to vary with the south end being best preserved. Extensive slumping had occurred and this, combined with subsequent decay, made excavation difficult. The presence of charcoal and charred cereal grains within the walls suggested that material from earlier occupation may have been incorporated and the remains may have represented more than one structural phase. In the interior of the building, the floor level was indicated by the hearth and slabs. Elsewhere, the floor was likely to have been of beaten earth, which is no longer recognisable due to soil mixing. There was no evidence for internal partitions.

Cronberry

Cronberry is a small hamlet situated north-east of Cumnock and one mile north-east of Lugar, in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Glenmuir Water

The Glenmuir Water is a river in Ayrshire, Scotland.The river rises high in the hills south of Muirkirk. On reaching Lugar the Glenmuir is joined by the Bellow Water and is renamed the Lugar Water. Ayrshire Rivers Trust Archived 7 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine monitor water quality for the river and visit annually.

Murdoch's Cave

Murdoch's Cave, is a relatively small artificial cave created by William Murdoch (1754-1839) and his siblings in the soft red sandstone Lugar river bank cliff just upstream of the old Bellow Mill close to the confluence of the Bellow or Bello Water and the Glenmuir Water in Lugar, East Ayrshire, Scotland. The spelling 'Bellow' is used for consistency.