DescriptionA memorial to John Lapraik - geograph.org.uk - 982157.jpg
English: 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
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