Dunlop (East Ayrshire)
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Dunlop Scottish Gaelic Dùn Lùib |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 43 ′ N , 4 ° 32 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 1127 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | KILMARNOCK | ||
| ZIP code section | KA3 | ||
| prefix | 01560 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | East Ayrshire | ||
| British Parliament | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley | ||
Dunlop ( Gaelic : Dùn Lùib ) is a village in the north-west of the Scottish Council Area East Ayrshire or in the traditional county of Ayrshire . It is around ten kilometers north of Kilmarnock and twelve kilometers southwest of Paisley on Glazert Burn .
history
Under King Malcolm III. In the 11th century the lands fell to the de Ross family , who used the fortress on Dunlop Hill . A second fortress was built on the hill in the early 14th century. The House of Ross sided with Edward Balliol in the 1330s and subsequently lost its possessions. Around 1066, the de Ross sold parts of the land to the Dunlop clan , who established their first headquarters at the site around this time. Over the centuries, several new buildings followed, from which today's Dunlop House emerged . With Aiket Castle , another fortification was historically southwest of Dunlop.
The area around Dunlop is characterized by the dairy industry. Barbara Gilmour brought a cheese-making process from Ireland. This was initially only applied to farms in the Dunlop region. In the course of the decades, the cheese, known as Dunlop , gained national fame. Today many commuters live in Dunlop. The local industries include sawmills, concrete production and the manufacture of forage.
traffic
The A735 (Kilmarnock – Lugton ) is Dunlop's main thoroughfare. The B706 from Beith joins the center . It connects the village to the A736 ( Renfrew - Irvine ) and the A737 ( Irvine - Paisley ). Dunlop had its own train station as early as the 19th century. Today it is served by trains on the Glasgow South Western Line . With the airports of Glasgow and Glasgow-Prestwick there are two international airports within a radius of 20 kilometers.
Son of the place
- James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye (1559–1644), nobleman
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Information from the Dunlop clan
- ↑ Entry on Dunlop House in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Entry on Aiket Castle in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ^ A b Dunlop in: FH Groome (ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
