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# Adamson, Archibald R. (1879). Rambles through the Land of Burns. Kilmarnock : Dunlop & Drennan. |
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# Coventry, Martin (2010). Castles of the Clans. Musselburgh : Goblinshead. ISBN 1-899874-36-4 |
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# Paterson, James (1863–66). History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton. V. 2 - Part 2 - Kyle. Edinburgh: J. Stillie. |
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Revision as of 09:24, 24 April 2011
Trabboch is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Built in the 1880s,[1] it was owned and leased by Wm. Baird & Co., Ltd. and at one time had 94 dwellings. The miners rows stood, until demolition in 1969,[1] on the Stair and Littlemill road, about two miles south of Stair, in that parish.
History
- The Village and coal mines
The mining settlement was made up of four rows, one of 40 and three of 18 houses each.[2] The Trabboch pit closed in 1908 and the Drumdow poit closed a few years later.[1] Nearby Trabboch House was home to the proprietor of the coal pits.[1] The workings form a sizeable new 'loch' and the waste material bings are still a prominent feature.
- Stair school
Stair school was located in Trabboch and later served as a community centre. The school became a Junior Secondary with as many as 150-200 pupils, closing its doors in 1969, Miss Brown being the last headteacher.[1]
- Trabboch Castle and Barony
The village is also known for the two castles in the area, Trabboch Castle and Mains Castle. The lands of Trabboch are first recorded by name in a rental of 1303-4. King Robert the Bruce gave the castle to the Boyds of Kilmarnock for services rendered at the Battle of Bannockburn. By 1451 the lands had passed into the hands of William, Earl of Douglas[3] and later to the Boswells of Auchinleck.[4] In the 17th century Chalmers of Gadgirth and Reid of Barskimming held parts of the Barony of Trabboch.[5] The associated Mill of Trabboch stood on the Water of Coyle and was not powered by the loch waters. Trabboch Mains is a farm that was built mainly using stone taken from the nearby Trabboch Castle.
Trabboch railway station was situated on the Ayr and Cumnock Branch of the Glasgow and South Western Railway.
- Trabboch Loch
Trabboch Loch[6] is nearby, formed from the flooded mineworkings of Drumdow Colliery in the late 19th century. The Loch of Trabboch was an ancient glacial loch, later a curling pond and the remnant is a wetland, important for birdlife.
References
- Notes
- Sources
- Adamson, Archibald R. (1879). Rambles through the Land of Burns. Kilmarnock : Dunlop & Drennan.
- Barber, Derek (2000). Steps through Stair. Stair Parish Church.
- Coventry, Martin (2010). Castles of the Clans. Musselburgh : Goblinshead. ISBN 1-899874-36-4
- Paterson, James (1863–66). History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton. V. 2 - Part 2 - Kyle. Edinburgh: J. Stillie.
55°28′07″N 4°26′37″W / 55.46874°N 4.44354°W
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