Polnessan

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Polnessan
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The A713 at Polnessan
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Polnessan
Location within East Ayrshire
Population87 
OS grid reference NS 4192 1170
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • East Ayrshire
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town AYR
Postcode district KA6
Police Scotland
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
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55°22′30″N4°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.