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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.

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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