The District of Carrick today forms part of South Ayrshire, Scotland. The word Carrick comes from the Gaelic word Carraig, meaning rock or rocky place. Maybole was the historic capital of Carrick. The original county of Ayrshire was divided naturally by its rivers. It was therefore divided into the three districts of Cunninghame in the north along the River Irvine, in the center by the River Kyle and Kyle in the south along the River Doon by the District of Carrick. These three districts formed Ayrshire, one of the traditional counties of Scotland. South Ayrshire is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... Goidelic is one of two major divisions of modern-day Celtic languages (the other being Brythonic). ... Maybole is a burgh of barony and police burgh of Ayrshire, Scotland. ... Ayrshire is a traditional county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. ... Ayrshire is a traditional county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. ... The Traditional counties of Scotland are historic and cutural divisions of Scotland. ...
The Earldom of Carrick was home to Scotland's famous Bruce family. Robert de Bruce, the 6th Lord of Region of Annandale, Scotland, acquired the Earldom as a result of his 1274 marriage to the widow, Margaret de Bruce, 3rd Countess of Carrick. Their son became King Robert I of Scotland, more commonly known as Robert the Bruce. Annandale is a region in the south of Scotland. ... Margaret de Bruce was the daughter of Robert de Bruce of Scotland. ... Robert I, usually known as Robert the Bruce (July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329), was King of Scotland (1306-1329). ...
Kyle and Carrick was the former name (1975-96) of a local government district in the Strathclyde Region of Scotland. In 1996 it was constituted as a Unitary Authority, but renamed South Ayrshire. Kyle and Carrick was formerly (1975-96) the name of a local government district in the Strathclyde Region of Scotland. ... Strathclyde was one of the regional council areas of Scotland from 1974 to 1996. ...
In a general sense, the whole district of Ayrshire is shut out, on its eastern boundary, from the adjacent counties, by high ridge land; and, with little variation, the surface inclines either to the sea, or to the rivers which flow in that direction.
Ayrshire was the scene of perpetual turmoil during the wars of Bruce and Edward.
Ayrshire posses inexhaustible coal-fields, freestone quarries, and ironstone mines, with several rich ores, particularly those of lead and copper; marble, gypsum and marl have been found, and many petrefactions exist in various parts of the county.
Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Ãir in Scottish Gaelic) is a region of south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde.
The three districts were Carrick in the south, Kyle in the centre, which included the royal burgh of Ayr, and Cunninghame in the north which included the royal burgh of Irvine.
In 1930 three districts were formed within the county, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929, to administer functions previously the reponsibility of parish councils: the districts of Carrick, Cunninghame and Kyle.
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