Visit Girdle Toll Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Girdle Toll

  

Girdle Toll Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Girdle Toll

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Girdle Toll history

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Girdle Toll was just a row of houses next to large areas of farmland. In the 1970s and 1980s IDC decided to develop the land into a large housing area. The most recent development was in 2001 when a small development was built next to Bryce Knox court.

Prehistory

The Girdle Mound was completely levelled circa 1860 . This mound gave the name to the toll and then the area . It was about 30 feet in diameter and 3 feet high .

Girdle Toll geography / climate

Girdle Toll is 10 miles (16km) from Prestwick Airport and 23 miles (37 km) from Glasgow. It previously formed part of the A736 route to Glasgow. The A736 now bypasses the area just to the west.

You can visit Girdle Toll places with Walkfo Girdle Toll to hear history at Girdle Toll’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Girdle Toll has 37 places to visit in our interactive Girdle Toll 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 Girdle Toll, 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 Girdle Toll places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Girdle Toll & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Girdle Toll Places Map
37 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Girdle Toll tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Girdle Toll

  

Best Girdle Toll places to visit

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

Dreghorn Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock . It is sited on a ridge between two rivers and is 3.5km east of Irvine town centre . Archaeological excavations have found a significant neolithic settlement dated to around 3500 BC .

Bourtreehill Bourtreehill is a large housing estate built by the Irvine Development Corporation in the late 1970s . It is part of the Irvine New Town in North Ayrshire, Scotland . Along its southern border runs the Broomlands estate .

Tanzie Well The Tanzie Well, also known as Saint Anne’s Well, the Washing House Well or the Spoot is located beside the River Irvine . It has been suggested that ‘Tanzie’ may be a corruption of St Inan’s Well . The old Irvine Pouther House of 1801 is located nearby .

Annick Water The Annick Water (previously also spelled as Annack, Annoch or Annock) is the largest tributary of the River Irvine . The name may derive from the Gaelic for ‘overflowing’ and is prone to flooding .

The Chapel Well The Chapel Well, sometimes known as Saint Mary’s Well, is located beside the River Irvine at the end of the Chapel Lane path that links to the Kirk Vennel in Irvine, North Ayrshire .

Eglinton Country Park Eglinton Country Park is located in the grounds of the old EGLinton Castle estate, Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The ruined castle was once home to the family of the Montgomeries, Earls of Eglint, and chiefs of the Clan Montgomery.

Lands of Doura The Lands of Doura, Dawra, Dowrey Dowray, Dourey or Douray formed a small estate, at one time part of the Barony of Corsehill and Doura. It is situated near the Eglinton Estate in the Parish of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland.

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