Auchinleck
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Auchinleck (/ˌɒxᵻnˈlɛk/ OKH-in-LEK; Scots:Affleck IPA: [ˈaflɛk]/; Scottish Gaelic:Achadh nan Leac) is a village five miles south-east of Mauchline, and two miles north-west of Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland.
Surrounding the village is Auchinleck Estate, centred on Auchinleck House, past home of the lawyer, diarist and biographer James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck.