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A market town surrounded by hills and beside the Lugar Water with a restored Mercat Cross.
Between Cumnock and Lugar the river is spanned by a viaduct standing 150ft high overlooking a deep gorge.
2 miles to the north is Airds Moss, a barren expanse of moorland where Government troops defeated the Covenanters.
Richard Cameron died here in a skirmish on 22 July 1680 in which a number of other prominent Covenanters were either killed or captured.
- Type:
- Landmark