Coalhall, a village in the southern detached district of Stair parish, Ayrshire, on Drongan estate, 7 miles E by S of Ayr. An extensive pottery of black and brown earthenware here has long exported its produce to many parts of Scotland, and even to America.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)