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List of public art in South Ayrshire

This is a list of public art in South Ayrshire, one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland and covers the southern part of Ayrshire. The council area borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.

Map of Scotland with the South Ayrshire council area highlighted


Ayr

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
 
More images 		James George Smith Neill Wellington Square, Ayr 1859 Matthew Noble Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17838465 [1][2]
  Archibald Montgomerie, 13th Earl of Eglinton Wellington Square, Ayr 1865 Matthew Noble Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17838485 [3]
 
More images 		Robert Burns Burns Statue Square, Ayr 1892 George Anderson Lawson Statue on pedestal with panels Bronze and granite Category B Q17834540 [4]
Royal Scots Fusiliers memorial Burns Statue Square, Ayr 1902 Thomas Brock Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17834558 [5][6]
  Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet Wellington Square, Ayr 1910 William Goscombe John Statue on plinth Bronze and stone Category B Q17838501 [7]
War memorial Wellington Square, Ayr 1924 James Kennedy Hunter Cenotaph on steps with plaques Granite and bronze Category C Q77774062 [8][9]
 
More images 		Royal Scots Fusiliers World War II memorial Place de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Ayr 1960 Pilkington Jackson Statue on pedestal with surround Bronze Q114168035 [10]
  Reminiscence The Fish Cross, Ayr 1995 Malcolm Robertson Statue


Girvan

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
  War memorial Girvan 1922 Scott & Rae (Makers); James Morris (Architect) Obelisk Stone [11]


Maybole

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
 
More images 		Covenanters Memorial Maybole Obelisk Stone [12]
  Monument to Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet Kildoon Hill, Maybole 1857 Obelisk Stone
War memorial Adjacent to golf course, Maybole c. 1920s Cenotaph with tablets Stone and bronze [13]


Monkton

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
War memorial Monkton, South Ayrshire Pillar Granite [14]


Prestwick

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
  War memorial The Cross, Prestwick 1921 J.A. Morris (architect) Pillar cross with plaques Stone and bronze [15]
  Icarus International Aerospace Park, Prestwick 2004 Andy Scott Statue Bronze 2.5m tall [16]
  Glasgow Prestwick Airport Kinetic sculpture Metal


Troon

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Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Artist / designer Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
  War memorial South Beach Esplande, Troon 1924 Walter Gilbert Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite Category B Q17844642 [17][18]


References

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  1. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Wellington Square, Monument to James George Smith Neill, CB (Category B Listed Building) (LB21821)". Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. ^ "War Memorials Register: Brigadier General JGS Neill". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  3. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Wellington Square, Monument to Archibald William Earl of Eglinton and Wintoun (Category B Listed Building) (LB21822)". Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  4. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Burns Statue Square, Monument to Robert Burns including railings (Category B Listed Building) (LB21515)". Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  5. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Burns Statue Square, South African War Memorial (Category B Listed Building) (LB21516)". Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  6. ^ "War Memorials Register: Royal Scots Fusiliers - Burma, Sudan, Tirah Campaign, 1st Boer War and 2nd Boer War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  7. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Wellington Square, Monument to Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran (Category B Listed Building) (LB21823)". Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  8. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Wellington Square, War memorial (Category C Listed Building) (LB47259)". Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  9. ^ "War Memorials Register: Ayr Park -Obelisk". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  10. ^ "War Memorials Register: Royal Scots Fusiliers World War II". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  11. ^ "War Memorials Register: Girvan - Obelisk". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Maybole Martyrs". Scottish Covenanteer Memorial Association. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  13. ^ "War Memorials Register: Maybole - Cenotaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  14. ^ "War Memorials Register: Monkton - Pillar". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  15. ^ "War Memorials Register: Prestwick". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  16. ^ Stephen Houston (7 February 2020). "Battle to save 'toppling' statue of Icarus". Daily Record. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  17. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "South Beach Esplande, War memorial (Category C Listed Building) (LB42137)". Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  18. ^ "War Memorials Register: Troon". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
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