Polnessan

Polnessan
Scottish Gaelic: *Poll an Easain*
Polnessan Scottish Gaelic: Poll an Easain;
	The A713 at Polnessan
	Polnessan Location within East Ayrshire
Population	87
OS grid reference	NS 4192 1170
Council area	East Ayrshire;
Lieutenancy area	East Ayrshire;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	AYR
Postcode district	KA6
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock;
Scottish Parliament	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley;
	List of places UK Scotland 55°22′30″N 4°29′48″W / 55.3749°N 4.4967°W

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

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

External links

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

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