Auchinleck

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

Auchinleck (sometimes pronounced Affleck) is a town with a population of ca. 3,900 situated 8 km south-east of Mauchline, and a few kilometres 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.

The famous Junior Football club, Auchinleck Talbot, play at Beechwood park in the town.

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

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