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Barassie (Scottish Gaelic: Bàrr Fhasaidh) is a former village on the east shore of the Firth of Clyde in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Today it serves as a suburb outside the northern edge of Troon.

Barassie Scottish Gaelic: Bàrr Fhasaidh
Barassie Front
Barassie Location within South Ayrshire
OS grid reference	NS332329
Council area	South Ayrshire
Lieutenancy area	Ayrshire and Arran
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TROON
Postcode district	KA10
Dialling code	01292
UK Parliament	Central Ayrshire
Scottish Parliament	Ayr
List of places UK Scotland 55.5613°N 4.6461°W / 55.5613; -4.6461

To the north-east of Barassie is the Kilmarnock Barassie Golf Club, which is where Gordon Sherry played. Barassie railway station is situated on the Ayrshire Coast Line, and there are regular rail services from the station to Ayr and Glasgow on a daily basis.

Barassie is a diverse area consisting of a mixture of affluent middle class suburbs to the north and some social housing to the south.

History

Archæological site investigations have identified Neolithic and Bronze Age remains.[1]

In the mid 19th century the village developed from a farm and mill and became a centre of railway wagon maintenance.[2]

References

External links

Media related to Barassie at Wikimedia Commons

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