KIRKOSWALD, a parish and village of Ayrshire, 11 miles S.W. of Ayr, containing the ruins of Crossraguel
Abbey, and of Turnberry Castle, Colzean Castle and Coves, and the farm of Shanter. Burns, for a few months, attended the village school; in the churchyard are buried the prototypes of Tam o' Shanter and Souter Johnny.