Ballantrae

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Ballantrae
Scottish Gaelic Baile na Tràgha
Street in Ballantrae
Street in Ballantrae
Coordinates 55 ° 6 ′  N , 5 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 55 ° 6 ′  N , 5 ° 0 ′  W
Ballantrae (Scotland)
Ballantrae
Ballantrae
Residents 293 (1991 census)
administration
Post town GIRVAN
ZIP code section KA26
prefix 01465
Part of the country Scotland
Council area South Ayrshire
British Parliament Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock
Scottish Parliament Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley

Ballantrae ( Gaelic : Baile na Tràgha ) is a village in the Scottish council area of South Ayrshire . It is located in the south of the region around 21 kilometers southwest of Girvan and north of Stranraer on Ballantrae Bay , a bay on the Irish Sea . The Stinchar flows into this and touches Ballantrae in the south.

The village is named for the novel The Junker of Ballantrae by the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson . With the Ballantrae Windmill and the Kennedy Mausoleum at Ballantrae Parish Church, there are two monuments of the highest Scottish monument category A in Ballantrae.

history

Bronze Age traces can be found in the basement of Ballantrae Bridge .

The village is on the southern border of the historic Carrick district . To secure this, the ruling clan Kennedy built the Tower House Ardstinchar Castle on a promontory on the Stinchar in the middle of the 15th century . The fishing village of Ballantrae was known at the time as a smugglers' hideout where rough customs prevailed. In 1541 the village was installed as the Burgh of Barony . The status has since been revoked.

A fortified seaport was built to strengthen the fishing industry. The total cost was £ 6,000. Ballantrae grew to become the center of fishing in southwest Scotland, so that in 1879 almost 1900 people lived there from fishing. Today Ballantrae is shaped by tourism.

In 1881 the permanent population increased to 742, so in 1861 there were 420 people living in Ballantrae. In the 1991 census survey, only 293 inhabitants were counted.

traffic

Ballantrae is located directly on the A77 ( Glasgow –Stranraer), which is the main road. The B7044 leads east over the B734 to the A714 ( Girvan - Braehead ). Ferry connections to Northern Ireland exist from Cairnryan, which is around 15 km south . They end in Belfast or Larne .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ a b c d Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  3. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  5. ↑ Entry on Ardstinchar Castle  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  6. ↑ a b Ballantrae in: FH Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. , Grange Publishing, Edinburgh, 1885.
  7. ↑ Information from the ferry operator
  8. ↑ Information from the ferry operator

Web links

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