Dundrennan

Dundrennan
Dundrennan is located in Dumfries and Galloway
Dundrennan
Dundrennan
Location within Dumfries and Galloway
OS grid referenceNX 7495 4775
Civil parish
  • Rerrick
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtDG6
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
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List of places
UK
Scotland
54°48′32″N 3°56′50″W / 54.80899811°N 3.94718205°W / 54.80899811; -3.94718205

Dundrennan (Gaelic: Dun Droighnein) is a village Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about 5 miles (8 km) east of Kirkcudbright. Its population is around 230. Dundrennan is located in the civil parish of Rerrick in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire.[1] It is most notable for the ruins of Dundrennan Abbey, a 12th-century Cistercian monastery. The weapons testing establishment Dundrennan Range is also nearby.

From 2001 until 2015 the Wickerman music festival was held on the nearby farm of East Kirkcarswell.

Dundrennan is a Gaelic name meaning 'hill of thorns' from the words dùn 'fortified place, hill' and droigheann 'blackthorn, bramble'.[2][3] It is recorded in c.1160 as Dundrainan.[2]

  1. ^ Christie, Alexander H. (1950). "The Parish of Rerrick". In Laird, John; Ramsay, D. G.; Arnott, M. C. (eds.). The Third Statistical Account of Scotland: The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright and The County of Wigtown. Glasgow: Collins (published 1965). pp. 279–289.
  2. ^ a b Grant, Alison (2010). Macleod, Iseabail (ed.). The Pocket Guide to Scottish Place-Names. Glasgow: Richard Drew Ltd. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-899471-00-3. OCLC 759569647.
  3. ^ Maxwell, Herbert (1991) [1930]. The Place Names of Galloway: Their Origin & Meaning Considered. Wigtown: G. C. Book Publishers Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 1872350305.