Visit Cronberry Places

Welcome to Visit Cronberry Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Cronberry

  

Cronberry Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Cronberry

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Cronberry history

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Cronberry has a Women’s Rural Institute which meets in the old school. Cronberry also has an old school for women’s rural women’s groups.

The mining village

The village, in the Parish of Auchinleck, had a public school and in the 1880s had a population of 799 . In the 1880s, the population of the village was 799.

Industrial sites

Mortonmuir Colliery was begun in 1948 and opened in 1950 as one of the National Coal Board’s short term drift mines . It closed after only four years as much of the coal was found to have been extracted previously . Locals have stated that no coal at all was found .

Covenanting

The Cameron Stone commemorates the Reverend Richard Cameron and eight other Covenanter soldiers killed in the Battle of Airds Moss in July 1680 . The memorial lies near Muirkirk and was restored in 2005 .

Archaeology

Excavations at Cronberry have revealed a medieval turf building and a nearby turf enclosure of unknown date . The turf structure was sub-rectangular and contained a hearth surrounded by some paving with pottery dating to no later than the 16th century .

You can visit Cronberry places with Walkfo Cronberry to hear history at Cronberry’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Cronberry has 12 places to visit in our interactive Cronberry map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Cronberry, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Cronberry places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Cronberry & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 12 audio facts unique to Cronberry places in an interactive Cronberry map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Cronberry Places Map
12 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Cronberry historic spots	Cronberry tourist destinations	Cronberry plaques	Cronberry geographic features
Walkfo Cronberry tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Cronberry

  

Best Cronberry places to visit

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Cronberry has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Cronberry’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Cronberry’s information audio spots:

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

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