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Description: A memorial to John Lapraik. This monument on the north side of the River Ayr is dedicated to John Lapraik (1727-1807) a minor poet who lived on a farm here called Laigh Dalfram. He lost his money with the collapse of the Ayr Bank of Douglas Heron and Company in 1772 and had to leave his farm. There is a plaque on the cairn with the following inscription:- THIS CAIRN WAS ERECTED AD1914 BY THE LAPRIAK BURNS CLUB OF MUIRKIRK TO MARK THE SPOT WHERE STOOD THE HOUSE OF BAULD LAPRAIK THE FRIEND OF ROBERT BURNS THE POET BUT IF THE BEAST AND BRANKS BE SPARD TILL KYE BE GUAN WITHOUT THE HERD AN A THE VITTEL ON THE YARD AN THEEKIT RIGHT I MEAN YOUR INGLE-SIDE TO GUARD AE WINTER NIGHT
Title: A memorial to John Lapraik - geograph.org.uk - 982157
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