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Ballochmyle Estate, once roamed by Robert Burns is still a place of natural beauty. There once stood a straw hoose, which was known as the Foghouse, though destroyed by fire in 1944. The Foghouse is said to have been built by the nephew of the Bonnie Lass o' Ballochmyle.


Photo - Library & Info Sce, EAC
Photo - Willie McClure
The Foghouse, Ballochmyle Estate. The two support poles look like cut fir trees, but they are really well constructed metal!!


Photo - Margaret Scott
Photos Terry Harrison


Photo - Library & Info Sce, EAC
Photo Burns House Museum


Left Photo - Terry Harrison
Right - Library & Information Service, East Ayrshire Council



Photos Terry Harrison

 

Photo Terry Harrison
Photo Terry Harrison

 

Photo Margaret Scott  
Right - Library & Info Sce, EAC

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