List of public art in East Ayrshire

This is a list of public art in East Ayrshire, one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. The area borders Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and does not, for example, include artworks in museums.

Map of Scotland with the East Ayrshire council area highlighted

Benquhat
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Benquhat c. 1920s ObeliskGranite Benquhat is the site of an abandoned village near Bellsbank.[1]

Cumnock
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 Mercat cross Cumnock 1703, repaired 1955 Pillar on stepsStone Category AQ17124679 [2]
Keir Hardie Cumnock 1992Benno Schotz Bust on pedestalBronze and stone [3]

Darvel
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 James Smith Covenanter Memorial Gallow Law, Molmont Hill, Darvel 1926 Cairn and weather vineStone [4]

Dunlop
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Dunlop c. 1920s Celtic cross with plaqueGranite and bronze [5]

Kilmarnock
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 Robert Burns Burns Monument Centre, Kilmarnock 1879William Grant Stevenson Statue on pedestalStone Category B [6][7]

More images		 Reformers' Monument Kay Park, Kilmarnock 1885Robert Samson Ingram, architect Column on pedestalStone Category BQ17791625 [8]
Memorial to Blanche, Lady Howard de Walden Dean Castle, Kilmarnock Statue group on pedestalBronze and stone [9]
Johnnie Walker Kilmarnock StatueBronze

Kilmaurs
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Morton Park, Kilmaurs 1921William Kellock Brown Obelisk with statue and plaquesStone and bronze [10]

Mauchline
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 1685 Covenanters Martyrs' Memorial Loan Green, Mauchline 1885 ObeliskStone [11]
War memorial Mauchline c. 1920s Column on pedestal with plaquesSandstone and bronze [12]

More images		 Jean Armour The Cross, Mauchline 2002 Statue on pedestal

Muirkirk
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes

More images		 Memorial to John Browm Presthill Moor, near Muirkirk Pedestal and graveStone Category C [13][14]

More images		 John Lapraik memorial Muirkirk 1914 Cairn with plaqueStone and metal Category B [15][16]

More images		 John Loudon MacAdam memorial Muirkirk 1931 Cairn with plaqueStone Q65098949 [17]
Miners' Memorial Muirkirk 2004Kirti Mandir Statue on pedestalBronze and stone [18]

New Cumnock
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Old Cemetery, New Cumnock 1921Sir John James Burnet (Architect) CenotaphStone [19]

More images		 Miners Memorial Miners Memorial Garden, New Cumnock Miners' Lamp structure on pedestalMetal and stone

More images		 Miners Memorial Miners Memorial Garden, New Cumnock Sculpture on pedestalStone
Robert Burns New Cumnock Statue on pedestalCast iron and stone

Newmilns
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Lady Flora's Institute, Newmilns 1922Scott & Rae (makers) Statue on pedestalStone [20]

Stewarton
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
War memorial Stewarton 1921Scott & Rae (makers) Obelisk on pedestalGranite [21]

References
  1. "War Memorials Register: The abandoned village of Benquhat (Benwht)". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. Historic Environment Scotland. "Mercat Cross, The Square  (Category A Listed Building) (LB24093)". Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. "James Keir Hardie (1856–1915)". East Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. "Gallowhill Covenanters' Monument". Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  5. "War Memorials Register: Dunlop". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  6. Historic Environment Scotland. "Kay Park, Burns Monument and former Museum  (Category B Listed Building) (LB35925)". Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  7. "Burns Monument Centre". East Ayrshire Council. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  8. Historic Environment Scotland. "Kay Park, Reformers' Monument  (Category B Listed Building) (LB35926)". Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  9. "Dean Castle". The Lordship & Barony of Kilmarnock. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  10. "War Memorials Register: Kilmaurs". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  11. "Mauchline Martyrs". Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  12. "War Memorials Register: Mauchline - Column". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  13. Historic Environment Scotland. "Covenanters' Monument, Priesthill  (Category C Listed Building) (LB14395)". Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  14. "John Brown of Priesthill". Scottish Covenanter Memorials Association. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  15. "John Lapraik - poet". muirkirk.org.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  16. Historic Environment Scotland. "Cairn, near Townhead of Greenock  (Category B Listed Building) (LB14393)". Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  17. Historic Environment Scotland. "Cairn, near Springhill  (Category B Listed Building) (LB19694)". Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  18. "Muirkirk Miners' Memorial". kirtimandir.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  19. "War Memorials Register: New Cumnock". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  20. "War Memorials Register: Newmilns and Greenholm". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  21. "War Memorials Register: Stewarton". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
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