Polnessan ( gd, Poll an Easain, pool on the small waterfall) is a small rural village in
East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire ( sco, Aest Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquar ...
, Scotland. Polnessan has a population of 87, and is located a mile north of
Patna
Patna (
), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...
on the
A713 road.
Polnessan has no facilities, and is effectively a long row of
council housing. The houses were originally built by
Ayr County Council for miners and their families on the Houldsworth pit, a nearby coal mine first sunk by ''Dalmellington Iron Company'' in 1900.
There are bus services to
Ayr
Ayr (; sco, Ayr; gd, Inbhir Àir, "Mouth of the River Ayr") is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. It is the administrative centre of the South Ayrshire Subdivisions of Scotland, council area and the historic Shires of Scotlan ...
and
Dalmellington
Dalmellington ( sco, Dawmellinton, gd, Dail M'Fhaolain) is a market town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. In 2001 the village had a population of 1,407. The town owes its origins to the fault line separating the Southern Uplands of ...
regularly from Polnessan, run by the
Stagecoach bus company, as well as postal facilities.
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Villages in East Ayrshire
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