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Auchinleck


 

:For the World War II Field Marshal see Sir Claude Auchinleck.

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World War II - Field Marshal - Sir Claude Auchinleck

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Auchinleck (sometimes pronounced Affleck) is a town with a population of ca. 3,900 situated 8km south-east of Mauchline, and a few km north-west of Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Near the city is Auchinleck House, sometime home of the lawyer, diarist and biographer James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck.

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Mauchline - Cumnock - East Ayrshire - Scotland - Auchinleck House - Lawyer - Diarist - Biographer - James Boswell - Laird

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It is derived from Achadh nan Leac, Scottish Gaelic for "Field of the Slab/tombstone"

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