Heronsford is a hamlet located near Ballantrae that sits along the bank of the Water of Tig, a tributary of the River Stinchar.
The Ayrshire Ordnance Survey Namebook 1855 - 1857 describes Heronsford as "on the Colmonell and Stranraer road and three Miles from the former place A Small hamlet Consisting of five houses & a Smithy Occupied principally by agricultural labourers.
During World War II, Laggan House was used as a military base working on sonic deception.
The painter and ceramicist Robert Sinclair Thomson lived at Tig Cottage in Heronsford from the mid 1960s until his death in 1983.
His painting of his home, titled "Tig Cottage and the Smiddy", was donated by his wife, Barbara Thomson, to the Royal Scottish Academy of Art in 2010.