Site of Churchill Barracks
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Site of Churchill Barracks
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 13 Mar 2013
Ayrshire’s regular infantry regiment, the Royal Scots Fusiliers, was based at Ayr Barracks in 1873. The site, dating back to 1794, was on the south side of Ayr harbour, bounded by Seabank Road. In 1942, the facility was renamed the Churchill Barracks in honour of the wartime Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. After amalgamation in 1959 with the Highland Light Infantry, the new Royal Highland Fusiliers moved to an Edinburgh base. The Churchill Barracks were demolished in the early 1960s. (Source: http://southayrshirehistory.wordpress.com/tag/churchill-barracks/ ) Other redundant buildings were demolished at the same time to promote economic development of the site though this did not happen until the 1990s. I can recall Codona’s Fun Fair being there every summer in the 1970s and 1980s. The site now houses the Citadel Leisure Centre and several blocks of flats.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.466548
Longitude
-4.640358