40-466: Not to be confused with Drummore . Dromore may refer to: Places [ edit ] Dromore, Ontario , Canada Dromore (crater) , a crater in the Lunae Palus quadrangle of Mars Northern Ireland [ edit ] Dromore, County Down Dromore, County Tyrone Republic of Ireland [ edit ] Dromore, County Clare , townland in
80-460: A landslip in the 1960s the former Lower Road, which had brought traffic in along the coast to Shore Street, was barred to traffic. It is now a footpath, set thickly about by Japanese knotweed ; in the summer of 2014 it was decorated anonymously with fairy doors . [REDACTED] Media related to Drummore at Wikimedia Commons Kirkmaiden Kirkmaiden is a parish in the Rhins of Galloway ,
120-472: A large fort. (f) Crummag Head, a circular stone fort. (g) One between Clanyard and Logan Bay. (h) Dunichinie, large circular fort north of Mull of Logan. (i) Moat Hill at Drummore. (e) Dunman Fort an Early Iron Age Fort on the western shore of the Rhins. The defences along the inner crests of the natural gullies on the north-east and south-east consisted of a wall originally 8'-12' thick. The internal measurement
160-605: A number of holiday cottages; and two caravan sites near sandy beaches (one of them associated with another pub). The Kirkmaiden Community Council meets monthly in Drummore. Housing is mixed, ranging from listed Victorian residential and commercial properties to modern bungalows and harled council houses. Within living memory a number of street names have changed, notably Stair Street (formerly Church Street), Mill Street (formerly Main Street) and Harbour Road (formerly Quay Road). Following
200-592: A purer Gaelic "Kilmaiden" by either Scandinavians or Angles with a knowledge of Gaelic. It is also the area and name of a community council , which meets generally in Drummore and occasionally in Port Logan . There are two main settlements in Kirkmaiden: Drummore and Port Logan . The small hamlet of Kirkmaiden itself, which contains the present-day church, is about a mile west of Drummore. The parish church
240-461: Is about 110m north-west by 100m south-east, but no structures were visible in the interior. There are entrances on the north to north-east and south, with a possible third on the north where a natural terrace provides access to the interior immediately beyond the end of the wall. Walling is visible on the north, east and south sides and some on the east, consisting of an inner wall face and heather-covered rubble about 3.0m wide. The wall which follows
280-460: Is about 24 ft thick at base and 6 ft high externally. Between it and the edge of the glen lies a terrace 20 ft wide near the mound, decreasing to the east where it is 6 ft wide. The bailey lies on the east and measures 28m by 20m within a bank up to 7.2m thick and 2.5m high on the south which enclosed the motte. 5th - 6th century grave covered by a stone slab bearing a badly weathered Latin inscription. The original description of
320-413: Is blocked with three large boulders. At the south entrance a natural terrace drops obliquely down the scarp into a hollow 2.5m broad with a bank up to 3m thick and 0.6m high on its outer lip. (f) Crammag Head on the western shore of the Rhins was circular dun or broch with outworks about 19.5m in diameter over all, but its wall has been reduced to little more than the basal course of the outer face around
360-507: Is on YouTube. Killumpha Tower is another tower house in the parish. The population of the parish was 1,051 in 1755, 1,380 in the 1790s and 1,613 in 1801. In 1790 the Statistical Account reported abundance of fish including oysters and lobsters, corn and cattle; plentiful potatoes and other vegetables; quantities of thriving barley and oats; and flax. Trees, however, did not thrive. The farmers improved their land with lime, which
400-399: Is situated on the summit of Core Hill, immediately south of Kirkmaiden churchyard. It measures 28.3m by 21m within the inner rampart, which varies from a low bank 3.4m thick and 0.5m high, to a scarp up to 2.3m high externally. A stone axe was found in the interior. High Drummore Motte and Bailey in the mid-eastern side of the Rhins. The mound is 10 ft high, but is 23 ft high to
440-723: Is the southernmost village in Scotland , located at the southern end of the Rhins of Galloway in Dumfries and Galloway : it has two satellite clachans , called Kirkmaiden and Damnaglaur. The village lies where the Kildonan Burn runs out to the sea, north of the Mull of Galloway . It is further south than the English cities of Durham and Carlisle . It is historically within the Wigtownshire area and
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#1732855552060480-452: The motte associated with the castle of the Adairs of Kinhilt , whose lands were granted in 1602 by King James VI . The rather scattered incidence of related names, however, makes it more likely that the hill-ridge itself is in question, although at 90 m (300 ft) it is not all that prominent compared to the 140 m (450 ft) Muntloch Fell and Inshanks Fell to the west, or even
520-399: The 20th century the two congregations were reunited. Now worship is habitually at the church within Drummore, with one service each month in the summer being held at Kirk Covenant. The harbour, facing north and shielded by the Rhins from the prevailing southwesterly wind, was developed with a jetty in the early 19th century to serve a lime manufacturing industry. For many years in the hands of
560-556: The 76 m (250 ft) Mull of Galloway itself, 3 miles (4.8 km) to the south. A branch line was proposed in 1877 linking to the Portpatrick Railway . It was opposed by the feudal landowner, the Earl of Stair , and finally abandoned after the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank in 1882; aspects of the village's street layout still reflect plans for the railway. The southern Rhins
600-505: The Church of Ireland Baron Dromore , subsidiary title of Viscount Scudamore in the Peerage of Ireland See also [ edit ] Dromore Castle (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dromore . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
640-635: The Harbours Act 1964 which would enable the council to take over the harbour land and operations, following the pattern of a number of successful harbours along the Solway coast. This was not achieved. In 2015 the Harbour Trust became liable for a £15,000 personal injury claim, and it then dissolved itself, so the harbour reverted to the Crown Estate. As of June 2018 the Drummore residents are attempting to buy
680-666: The UK's Ministry of Defence as part of the management of their bombing range and weapon development area offshore in Luce Bay , it was taken over in 2004 for a nominal sum by the Drummore Harbour Trust Ltd, which announced the aim of developing its use for pleasure boats. This disposal by the MoD attracted attention in the UK Parliament as a result of disputes over the rights of access to
720-528: The civil parish of Ruan Dromore Lough, County Clare , a lake in Dromore townland Dromore, County Westmeath , townland in the civil parish of Castletownkindalen , Barony of Moycashel Dromore West , County Sligo Other [ edit ] Bishop of Dromore , named for the town in County Down; the pre-Reformation antecedent of: Roman Catholic Diocese of Dromore Diocese of Down and Dromore , in
760-428: The crest of a scarp over 7m high around the north, east and south sides of the summit. The wall peters out on the north and south to south-west, and there are no visible defences on the west where the ground falls away steeply to the sea 150m below. There are four approaches to the fort, but only one, in the north-east is faced as an entrance. A shallow hollow descends the scarp at the north to north-east entrance, which
800-400: The east and protected on the west by a rampart and ditch. The top is about 40 ft in diameter, and has a hollow about 18 ft across and 3 to 4 ft deep, with an entrance from the east. A rampart goes down the slope towards the east with an interspace of 60 ft. On the south there was an entrance about 8 ft wide at the base of the mound and on the south of the base the rampart
840-447: The edge of the promontory respectively. About 20m east of the ditch there is an outer rampart with external ditch. At its north end the rampart has been reduced to little more than a scatter of stones but towards the south it is up to 4.4m thick and 0.5m high. "Vitrified" stone was recovered from the outer rampart. It had an entrance passage on the east where the wall was at least 4.5m to 6m thick. Core Hill Fort Iron-Dark age Fort
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#1732855552060880-526: The harbour by fishermen, and a subsequent Court of Session judgement confirmed a Victorian precedent that no right of harbour existed. Failure of the Drummore Harbour Trust to widen its membership beyond the initial two individual members, or to begin its promised investment programme, caused increasing concern. In July 2008 the Dumfries and Galloway Council decided to seek an Empowerment Order under
920-541: The harbour, via the Kirkmaiden Community Harbour Trust. Older residents recall a time when the main streets were full of shops, including no fewer than three bakers (one on the corner of Stair and Mill Streets). Even recently there have been significant casualties, including on Mill Street the bank, the butcher's (now wholesale only, as a result of health legislation), and the Harbour Stores (formerly
960-554: The income of the abbey. In 1638 the parishioners, citing the inconvenience of the journey to church, secured the building of a new church known as Kirk Covenant on Core Hill, about a mile west of Drummore. The patron was the Earl of Stair. Following the Disruption of 1843 , a new church was again built, for worshippers in the Free Church of Scotland , and this time in the village itself, in
1000-550: The inner bank being the larger, measuring between 3.1 m and 4 m in thickness with an external height of up to 2.2 m. It is believed the ramparts make this the largest Iron Age stronghold in Britain. It is situated 330 m south-southeast of the earthwork at the Tarbet. About 330 m north-northwest of the above earthwork, and situated at the narrow isthmus between the bays of East and West Tarbet, an earthwork cuts across
1040-453: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dromore&oldid=1169246083 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Drummore Drummore ( drum- ORE ; (from Gaelic An Druim Mòr meaning "the great ridge")
1080-409: The most southerly in Scotland ; the present Church of Scotland parish has the same name as and is approximately coterminous with the original pre-Reformation parish. The parish takes its name from the clachan or hamlet of Kirkmaiden , itself named after the mediaeval St Medan , whose identity, name, sex and origin are all disputed. The name "Kirkmaiden" itself is thought to be a corruption of
1120-587: The neck of the Mull of Galloway south of the enclosed fields of the Mull farm. The bank is 2.3 m wide and 0.5 m high with possible facing stones exposed. The Gordons of Clanyard Castle were powerful men in the area, and their daughters married into Kirkmaiden families. Alexander Gordon of Castle Clanyard received a bell cast in AD1534 for Kirkmaiden Church. A very interesting Castle Clanyard Reconstruction in Sketchup
1160-418: The north of the causeway the ditch measures 9m in breadth and varies from 1.3m in depth externally to 2m internally, but to the south it is only 6.5m in breadth and 1.1m in depth. The ditch is only visible at the southern end of the rampart and measures up to 5.5m in breadth by 0.3m in depth. The entrance through the outer defence was probably at its southern end where the rampart and ditch stop 3m and 5m short of
1200-486: The parish and community of Kirkmaiden . It is 16 miles (26 km) from the nearest major town, the ferry port of Stranraer . In the 2011 census, the population was 534. Drummore shares its name with High Drummore a mile (1.6 km) up Glen Lee, and also with Drummore Glen 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 m) to the east. The underlying name is the Gaelic "druim mòr" or "big ridge", and it has been suggested that this reflected
1240-564: The second general shop, with an additional speciality in fishing supplies). The village's facilities still however include the Mariners Coffee Shop, the Queen's Hotel, a post office , a volunteer tourist office and a general shop on Mill Street; a garage for repairs (no fuel); a primary school ; a doctor's surgery and pharmacy; the Ship Inn on the shore; a bowling club and children's play park;
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1280-545: The southern Rhins, as in many of the west-coast islands and peninsulas , but Drummore's Gaelic name is in tune with the general use of Gaelic in Galloway after the Dark Ages until it was supplanted by English under Presbyterian influence in the 17th century. Drummore is the largest settlement in the parish of Kirkmaiden , named after St Maiden or Medan . The parish church was originally some five miles (8.0 km) south of
1320-405: The stone (which is now lost) records that the name Ventidius was legible together with another, which translated as "sub-deacon". It is thought that this could be the 5th stone from Kirkmadrine. The grave being of a much later date. A standing stone is situated 460m NNW of Low Curghie. Cairngaan , on the southern tip of the Rhins, possibly Bronze-Age. A ruined church south of Port William in
1360-429: The street now known as Stair Street. Early in the 20th century the two congregations were reunited. Now worship is habitually at the church within Drummore, with one service each month in the summer being held at Kirk Covenant. A substantial earthwork, measuring 400 m long, cuts off an area of about 57 ha at the eastern end of the Mull of Galloway . In most places it comprises three ditches with medial banks,
1400-401: The village, but in 1638 the parishioners, citing the inconvenience of the journey to church, secured the building of a new church known as Kirk Covenant on Core Hill, about a mile west of Drummore. Following the Disruption of 1843 , a new church was again built, for worshippers in the Free Church of Scotland , and this time in the village itself, in the street now known as Stair Street. Early in
1440-450: The west. The granite facing-stones measure up to 1m in length by 0.65m in breadth and 0.65m in height, and a maximum of three courses is visible on the north-west. The interior on the west, which is now occupied by Crammag Head Light, has been raised up to 1.8m above the outer face with material from a ditch immediately east of the dun. The ditch is broken by a causeway 2.5m wide which is faced with granite boulders along its south-side. To
1480-560: Was an area of early Christian activity following the missionary work of Ninian across Luce Bay in the Machars . Shortly before 1860, at Low Curghie less than a mile up the coast north of Drummore, and not far from an extant standing stone, a gravestone was discovered which appeared to date to the 5th or 6th century, with a weathered Latin inscription in which the name "Ventidius" was legible along with another word which translated as "sub-deacon". Many place-names testify to Norse influence in
1520-561: Was brought from Whitehaven or Ireland. At that time a number of endowments for the poor of the parish are mentioned, including £100 from Andrew McMurray a merchant in London, £100 from Andrew McDowal (Lord Bankton, one of the judges of the Court of Session: the McDowal family were lairds of Logan ), and £400 from William Adair of Flixton, all three of whom had been born in the parish. The nearest market
1560-485: Was in Stranraer, and there were three schools and three licensed ale-houses. See Archaeological and Historical Collections relating to Ayrshire and Galloway. vol. V. pp. 62–63 by Rev. George Wilson wherein he describes forts : (a) 2 across the narrow isthmus from east to west Tarbert. (b) One north-west of West Tarbert, not on O.S. map. (c) Dunora or Dunorrich. (d) Three forts with only traces of ditch. (e) Dunman,
1600-587: Was originally some five miles south of Drummore , at a site on the Kirkburn, not far from the Mull of Galloway ; the name of the nearest cove, Portankill, suggests that originally many worshippers attended Mass by boat. The church was dedicated to the Virgin Mary; and in a cave on the eastern shore of the parish at some time a hermit lived. On 15 July 1393 Pope Clement VII authorised Finlay, Abbot of Soulseat , to annex Kirkmaiden parish church in ‘le Rynnis’ to augment
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