Failford is a hamlet in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is 4 kilometres west of Mauchline, where the Water of Fail flows into the River Ayr. A minor ford would have been located where the Water of Fail has its confluence with the River Ayr however the name of the hamlet is also linked to the major ford over the River Ayr that led to a lane leading up into the Fail Hill …Failford is a hamlet in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It is 4 kilometres west of Mauchline, where the Water of Fail flows into the River Ayr. A minor ford would have been located where the Water of Fail has its confluence with the River Ayr however the name of the hamlet is also linked to the major ford over the River Ayr that led to a lane leading up into the Fail Hill Woods on the eastern bank, one termination being what may have been a sandstone quarry. The ford branched off from the old toll road just prior to the first building in the row of houses that includes the Failford Inn. By 1895 this ford was out of use apart from an access for farmers to collect stones and sand from the river for agricultural and other purposes.
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