Polnessan

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Polnessan
  • Scottish Gaelic: Poll an Easain
A713 at Polnessan - geograph.org.uk - 182616.jpg
The A713 at Polnessan
Polnessan is located in East Ayrshire
Polnessan
Polnessan
Location within East Ayrshire
Population87 
OS grid referenceNS 4192 1170
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • East Ayrshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAYR
Postcode districtKA6
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
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55°22′30″N 4°29′48″W / 55.3749°N 4.4967°W / 55.3749; -4.4967Coordinates: 55°22′30″N 4°29′48″W / 55.3749°N 4.4967°W / 55.3749; -4.4967

Polnessan (Scottish Gaelic: Poll an Easain, pool on the small waterfall) is a small rural village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Polnessan has a population of 87, and is located a mile north of Patna on the A713 road.

Polnessan has no facilities, and is effectively a long row of council housing. The houses were originally built by Ayr County Council for miners and their families on the Houldsworth pit, a nearby coal mine first sunk by Dalmellington Iron Company in 1900.[1]

There are bus services to Ayr and Dalmellington regularly from Polnessan, run by the Stagecoach bus company, as well as postal facilities.

References[]

  1. ^ "Polnessan East Ayrshire". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 30 January 2019.

External links[]

  • Media related to Polnessan at Wikimedia Commons


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