Path
Marker Symbol: Curling stone, the walk passes the old curling pond.
Leaving the village the route through Lindsayston Wood follows the burn.
A series of delightful waterfalls and pools makes this an enchanting secluded
place. A rustic seat carved out of local oak from Kilkerran Estate is
sited at a particularly beautiful spot overlooking the tumbling waters.
It is a delight to walk along the woodland path and like other walks around
Dailly is a sanctuary for wildlife. If you are lucky you may see heron
and dippers feeding in the burn.
The route continues along a section of the unclassified hill road to Barr
where on the left by the roadside you can see a small sandstone memorial
which is inscribed "Dr C". It is not known who Doctor C was
but local tradition has it that he was a Doctor from Maybole who was killed
at this spot, when thrown from his horse, whilst returning from visiting
an outlying patient.
An interesting relic of a bygone age can be seen at the junction of the
track to Balcamie. In the woods beside the burn are the remains of the
old waulkmill at Gettybeg. This mill, powered by water from the burn was
used in a process to make heavier and more compact cloth through shrinking
and beating. Sadly the waterwheel has long gone.
Returning along an attractive narrow track past Balcamie Farm on the right
is the site of the old curling pond now filled in.
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