Barassie Explained

Official Name:Barassie
Gaelic Name:Bàrr Fhasaidh
Coordinates:55.5613°N -4.6461°W
Static Image:Barassie Front - geograph.org.uk - 923752.jpg
Static Image Caption:Barassie Front
Map Type:Scotland
Os Grid Reference:NS332329
Unitary Scotland:South Ayrshire
Lieutenancy Scotland:Ayrshire and Arran
Country:Scotland
Post Town:TROON
Postcode Area:KA
Postcode District:KA10
Dial Code:01292
Constituency Westminster:Central Ayrshire
Constituency Scottish Parliament:Ayr
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Barassie (Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Bàrr Fhasaidh) is a former village on the east shore of the Firth of Clyde in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Today it serves as a suburb outside the northern edge of Troon.

To the north-east of Barassie is the Kilmarnock Barassie Golf Club, which is where Gordon Sherry played. Barassie railway station is situated on the Ayrshire Coast Line, and there are regular rail services from the station to Ayr and Glasgow on a daily basis.

Barassie is a diverse area consisting of a mixture of affluent middle class suburbs to the north and some social housing to the south.

History

Archeological site investigations have identified Neolithic and Bronze Age remains.[1]

In the mid 19th century the village developed from a farm and mill and became a centre of railway wagon maintenance.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Arabaolaza. Iraia. February 2017. Prehistoric settlement and ritual activities at Barassie, South Ayrshire. Scottish Archaeological Journal. 39. 1. subscription. Edinburgh University Press. 35–94. 10.3366/saj.2017.0078.
  2. Web site: Barassie (New Kilmarnock). Gazetteer for Scotland. 1 October 2017.