Dunlop, East Ayrshire
…parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It lies on the A735, north-east of Stewarton, seven miles (eleven kilometres) from Kilmarnock. The road runs on to Lugton and the B706 enters the village from Beith and Burnhouse. The name, first recorded in 1260, may be derived from the Gaelic words Dun (a castle) and…