Dunure, Ayrshire
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 Dunure Harbour |
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| Dunure shown within South Ayrshire | |
| OS grid reference | NS250158 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Ayr |
| Postcode district | KA7 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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Dunure (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Iùbhair, meaning Yew Hill) is a small village in the South Ayrshire area of Scotland about 5 miles (8.0 km) from Ayr, Scotland. It is located on the coast of the Firth of Clyde, and is near to Maybole. The Dunure Labyrinth in the Kennedy Park, The Labyrinth was created by Andy and his wife Helen, Andy Guthrie is on the Community Council, well known Helen and Andy are pagans and run the Dunure environmental group, the Labyrinth is popular with folks from all around the world, Dunure Labyrinth has a Facebook page.
The first buildings in the lower Dunure village were erected in the early nineteenth century, not long after improvements to the local harbour in 1811. Kennedy Hall dates from 1881 and Dunure House from around 1800. Limekilns are a common feature of small harbours and Dunure has a fine specimen at the village play park.
Fisherton Church was erected in 1938 as a chapel of ease for Dunure and district. It was rebuilt and extended in 1912. Dunduff Castle stands above Fisherton; originally a 15th-century structure it was altered and extended in the 1980s for use as a private house. The remains of a prehistoric earthwork, the Dane's Hill, are located in a nearby field. The ruins of the pre-reformation Kirkbride church and cemetery are nearby, abandoned since the parish was combined with that of Maybole.
The harbour is a roughly square basin with a breakwater quay, topped off by a characteristic cylindrical stone harbour light. The Earl of Cassillis improved the harbour at a cost of £50,000 in 1811, making the location more attractive for fishing. The depth of the water in the harbour is 12 feet (3.7 m) at ordinary spring tides, but could be artificially increased to almost 30 feet (9.1 m). William Aiton records in 1808 that the sole costs of the improvements to Dunure harbour were borne by Thomas Kennedy of Dunure Esq.
There was previously a Dunure railway station in the village on the Maidens and Dunure Railway, however this station closed in the 1930s.
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