Old Photograph Bridge Over River Irving Galston Scotland

Old photograph of the bridge over the River Irvine by Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland. Tour Ayr and Kilmarnock. The name Galston means " place of the strangers " from the Gaelic word Gall, a stranger, and the Toun or Ton was a farm and its outbuildings. The River Irvine is a river that flows through south west Scotland. Its watershed is on the Lanarkshire border of Ayrshire at an altitude of 810 feet above sea level, near Loudoun Hill, Drumclog, and 7 miles South West of Strathaven. It flows 29½ miles westward, dividing the old district of Cunninghame from that of Kyle, until it reaches the sea via Irvine Harbour in the form of the Firth of Clyde, and flows into Irvine Bay by the town of Irvine. It has many tributaries, some of which form parish, district and other boundaries. The River Irvine and its tributaries have many leisure uses, such as sailing, swimming, fishing, riparian walks, etc. Irvine harbour is now officially closed as a commercial port and now houses a number of privately owned pleasure craft. It is also now home to part of the Scottish Maritime Museum with numerous vessels on display, including the 'Spartan', one of the last surviving Clyde puffers.



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