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Kyle (or Coila, poetically) is a former comital district of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 which stretched across parts of modern day East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire

East Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto North Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway....
 and South Ayrshire
South Ayrshire

South Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway....
. It is said to be named after 'Old King Cole
Old King Cole

This is an article about the nursery rhyme. A legendary king of Celtic Roman Britain, about all that can be said about Old King Cole with any certainty is that:...
,' a king of the Britons, who was reputedly killed in battle in this area and is said to be buried in a cairn
Cairn

A cairn is a manmade pile of stones, often in a conical form. They are usually found in Upland and lowland , on moorland, on mountaintops or near waterways....
 near Mauchline
Mauchline

Mauchline is a town in the county of East Ayrshire, in Scotland. In the List of census localities in Scotland it had a recorded population of 4105....
.

Geographical Extent
The area was bordered by the historical districts of Cunninghame
Cunninghame

Cunninghame is a former comital district of Scotland and also a Districts of Scotland of the Strathclyde regions of Scotland from 1975 ? 1996....
 to the north, Clydesdale
Clydesdale

Clydesdale was formerly one of nineteen local government district s in the Strathclyde region of Scotland.The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1973 from part of the former counties of Scotland of Lanarkshire: namely the burghs of Biggar, South Lanarkshire and Lanark and the First, Second and Third Districts....
 to the east and by Carrick
Carrick, Scotland

Carrick is a former comital district of Scotland which today forms part of South Ayrshire. The word Carrick comes from the Scottish Gaelic language word Carraig, meaning rock or rocky place....
 to the south.






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Kyle (district)
Kyle (or Coila, poetically) is a former comital district of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
 which stretched across parts of modern day East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire

East Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto North Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway....
 and South Ayrshire
South Ayrshire

South Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway....
. It is said to be named after 'Old King Cole
Old King Cole

This is an article about the nursery rhyme. A legendary king of Celtic Roman Britain, about all that can be said about Old King Cole with any certainty is that:...
,' a king of the Britons, who was reputedly killed in battle in this area and is said to be buried in a cairn
Cairn

A cairn is a manmade pile of stones, often in a conical form. They are usually found in Upland and lowland , on moorland, on mountaintops or near waterways....
 near Mauchline
Mauchline

Mauchline is a town in the county of East Ayrshire, in Scotland. In the List of census localities in Scotland it had a recorded population of 4105....
.

Geographical Extent


The area was bordered by the historical districts of Cunninghame
Cunninghame

Cunninghame is a former comital district of Scotland and also a Districts of Scotland of the Strathclyde regions of Scotland from 1975 ? 1996....
 to the north, Clydesdale
Clydesdale

Clydesdale was formerly one of nineteen local government district s in the Strathclyde region of Scotland.The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1973 from part of the former counties of Scotland of Lanarkshire: namely the burghs of Biggar, South Lanarkshire and Lanark and the First, Second and Third Districts....
 to the east and by Carrick
Carrick, Scotland

Carrick is a former comital district of Scotland which today forms part of South Ayrshire. The word Carrick comes from the Scottish Gaelic language word Carraig, meaning rock or rocky place....
 to the south. The Firth of Clyde
Firth of Clyde

The Firth of Clyde forms a large area of coastal water, sheltered from the Atlantic ocean by the Kintyre peninsula which encloses the outer firth in Argyll and Ayrshire, Scotland....
 lies to the west.

Kyle was the central of the three districts in the sheriffdom
Sheriffdom

A sheriffdom is a judicial district in Scotland.Since 1 January 1975 there have been six sheriffdoms. Previously sheriffdoms were composed of groupings of counties of Scotland....
 of Ayr
Ayr

Ayr is a town and port situated on the Firth of Clyde, in south-west Scotland. It has been a royal burgh since 1205 and the county town of the former Counties of Scotland of Ayrshire....
, which was divided naturally by its three primary rivers all running in a generally westward direction to flow into the firth of Clyde. The River Irvine
River Irvine

The River Irvine is a river flowing through southwest Scotland, with its watershed on the Lanarkshire border of Ayrshire at an altitude of 810 feet above sea-level, near Drumclog, and 7 miles SW by W of Strathaven....
 formed the northern boundary of Kyle with Cunninghame; the River Doon
River Doon

The River Doon is a river in Ayrshire, Scotland. The river flows 23 miles from Loch Doon, joining the Firth of Clyde just south of Ayr. Its course is generally north-westerly, passing near to the town of Dalmellington, and through the villages of Patna, Scotland, Dalrymple, East Ayrshire, and Alloway, birthplace of Robert Burns....
 established its southern boundary with Carrick. Additionally, Kyle itself was sub-divided into two parts. To the north of the River Ayr
River Ayr

The River Ayr , in what was the old Ayrshire of Scotland, is approximately 65 kilometres in length. It originates at Glenbuck Loch in East Ayrshire on the border of Lanarkshire and winds its way through East and South Ayrshire Ayrshire to the town of Ayr, where it empties into the Firth of Clyde of the Atlantic Ocean....
 was "Kyle Stewart", lands held by the Fitzalan's since the 11th century (the future Stewart Kings of Scotland). To the south was "Kyle Regis" or "King's Kyle", lands historically retained by the monarch under royal authority from the royal castle at Ayr (On May 16, 1975 Ayr County Council officially disbanded these old districts and burghs).

Kyle was eventually combined with Cunninghame and Carrick into the county
Counties of Scotland

The counties of Scotland were the principal subdivisions of Scotland of Scotland until 1975. Scotland's current Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and registration counties are largely based on them....
 of the Shire of Ayr
Ayrshire

Ayrshire is a registration county, and former counties of Scotland in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine, North Ayrshire....
 during reorganisation due to Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889

The Local Government Act 1889 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which was passed on 26 August 1889. The main effect of the act was to establish elected county councils in Scotland....
, this Act established a uniform system of county council
County council

A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries....
s and town councils in Scotland and restructured many of Scotland’s areas.

Kyle and Carrick District


From 1975 to 1996 Kyle and Carrick
Kyle and Carrick

Kyle and Carrick was one of nineteen local government district s in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996.The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1973 from part of the former counties of Scotland of Ayrshire, namely:...
 was the name of a local government district in Strathclyde
Strathclyde

Strathclyde is one of nine former Local government in Scotland Regions and districts of Scotland of Scotland created by the Local Government Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc Act 1994....
 region, although the larger part of historic Kyle formed Cumnock and Doon Valley
Cumnock and Doon Valley

Cumnock and Doon Valley was one of nineteen Local government in Scotland Regions and districts of Scotlands in the Strathclyde Regions and districts of Scotland of Scotland from 1973 to 1996....
 district. In 1996 Kyle and Carrick was constituted as a Unitary Authority, but renamed South Ayrshire
South Ayrshire

South Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway....
.

Kyle Castle


Near Cumnock
Cumnock

Cumnock is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town sits at the confluence of the Glaisnock Water and the Lugar Water. There are three neighbouring housing projects which lie just outside the town boundaries, Netherthird, Craigens and Logan, East Ayrshire, with the former ironworks settlement of Lugar, East Ayrshire also just outside the...
, at the confluence of Guelt and Glenmuir Waters, lie the ruins of the 15th century Kyle Castle.

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