An animated historical account of the famous Battle of Large in 1263, when Scots and Norwegians came to blows over who would rule the Isles of Western Scotland.
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The centre of the community. Ayrshire folk have gone all round the world, leaving their mark. In many far-flung corners of the globe y...
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AI-generated image of a woman in men's clothes from the period, Helen Fielding would have looked a lot "rougher" Most people t...
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One of Ayrshire's most iconic hotels, the Marine in Troon, is set to reopen from July after being taken over by a firm of Chicago-based ...
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Click to enlarge The 1775 Armstrong map shows the town of Ayr as a developing market town with a military past and a few budding indus...
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The first invasion of Ayrshire that history has some record of was the Roman invasion of 81 and 82 A.D., led by the Roman general Agri...
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Very few British counties contributed as much to defeating the evils of Naziism as Ayrshire. Despite its remote location, far from Lo...
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Murderer Beggs and the scene of his evil crimes in Kilmarnock. Everyone knows the names of gay serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer and Denni...
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Convicted murderer James Culinane in prison. He claims he is innocent. Over the years there have been a number of terrible murders in ...
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It had to happen one day. "Turdtowns" the YouTube channel that reviews and critiques the worst towns around Britain came to Ayrs...
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Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) is now mainly famous as the author of the adventure novel "Robinson Crusoe" (1719), but he was a pro...
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