Gatehead, East Ayrshire
（重定向自Gatehead）
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![The Cochrane Inn.](/Images/godic/202501/14/Gateheadcochrane5246.JPG")
![A milestone on the old toll road at Symington.](/Images/godic/202501/14/Symingtonmilestone5246.jpg")
![The Fairlie Burial Ground at Dundonald Parish Church.](/Images/godic/202501/14/Fairlie_Burial_Ground,_Dundonald5247.JPG")
The village or hamlet of Gatehead is located in East Ayrshire, Parish of Kilmaurs, Scotland. It is one and a quarter miles from Crosshouse and one and a half miles from Kilmarnock. In the 18th and 19th centuries the locality was a busy coal mining district. The settlement runs down to the River Irvine where a ford and later a bridge was located.