St Johns Tower, Ayr

All that remains of the great Burgh Kirk of St. John the Baptist. Open to the public by arrangement.

The tower was one of the later additions to the original kirk of Ayr, first established around 1300.

It was in this old kirk that the nobility and Parliament of Scotland officially passed the crown to Robert The Bruce at a specially convened meeting.

On 26th April 1315 after Bannockburn, the Scottish Parliament met here and confirmed the succession of the Scots Crown.