Dailly (Scotland)
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Dailly Scottish Gaelic Dail Mhaol Chiarain |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 17 ′ N , 4 ° 44 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 895 (2011 census) | ||
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| 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 | ||
Dailly , formerly New Dailly , ( Gaelic : Dail Mhaol Chiarain ) is a village in the Scottish council area of South Ayrshire . It is located in the center of the region around nine kilometers northeast of Girvan and 22 kilometers south of the center of Ayr on the left bank of the Water of Girvan .
history
The village was built in the 1760s as a planned settlement under the name New Dailly near what is now known as Old Dailly . It was closer to the coal mines and was supposed to provide living space for the workers employed there. In a nearby mine, a coal seam caught fire in 1849 and smoldered for about half a century. Coal mining was abandoned in the 1960s.
In 1841 there were 591 inhabitants in Dailly. By 1881 the number had increased to 696. In 1961 there were still 1,420 people living in Dailly, the number of inhabitants has since declined. In the 2011 census survey, 895 people lived permanently in Dailly.
Surroundings
On the opposite bank of the Girvan are the ruins of Old Dalquharran Castle . Its earliest mention is found in a charter of Crossraguel Abbey from 1474. Originally it was a tower house of the laird Gilbert Kennedy . In the 1670s, the building was extensively expanded into a castle. In addition, the Dalquharran Castle mansion was established in the 1790s and was increasingly used in the following century. Old Dalquharran Castle was inhabited until at least 1904.
To the northwest is the Kilkerran House . It was first mentioned in 1691 and may be on the site of an older tower called the Barclanachan .
traffic
Dailly is located on the B741. This connects the village in the west to the A77 and in the east to the A713 . In 1860 Dailly received a station on the newly established Maybole – Girvan railway . This was closed in 1965. With the Glasgow Prestwick Airport is an international airport located about 25 km north.
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ 2011 census
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Dalquharran Castle in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Kilkerran House in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Information on railscot.co.uk
