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Dunmore, Falkirk

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Coordinates:56°05′02″N3°46′52″W / 56.084°N 3.781°W /56.084; -3.781

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This article is about the village of Dunmore, Scotland. For other uses, seeDunmore.

Human settlement in Scotland

Dunmore Scottish Gaelic:An Dùn Mòr
The village green at Dunmore
Dunmore Location within theFalkirk council area
Population	70 (2001 census)
OS grid reference	NS891893
• Edinburgh	24.8 mi (39.9 km)SE
• London	350 mi (560 km)SSE
Civil parish	Airth
Council area	Falkirk
Lieutenancy area	Stirling and Falkirk
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FALKIRK
Postcode district	FK2
Dialling code	01324

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

UK Parliament	Falkirk
Scottish Parliament	Falkirk East
Website	falkirk.gov.uk dunmorevillage.co.uk
List of places UK Scotland 56°05′02″N3°46′52″W / 56.084°N 3.781°W /56.084; -3.781

Dunmore is a small village in theFalkirk council area ofScotland. It lies 6.5 miles (10.5 km) south east ofStirling and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north ofFalkirk. The village lies along theA905 road betweenThrosk andAirth on the banks of theRiver Forth.

The population of Dunmore was recorded as 70 in theUnited Kingdom Census 2001, and as 79 in thecensus of 1991.^[1]

Formerly known as Elphinstone Pans, the settlement was entirely remodelled as a planned village in the 1840s by the local landowner, theCountess of Dunmore.^[2] Dunmore is aconservation area.

Landmarks

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The ruinous remains of Dunmore Park House.

TheDunmore Pineapple, an 18th-centuryfolly owned by theNational Trust for Scotland, lies south of Dunmore, on the estate of the now-derelict Dunmore Park House.

Notable people

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DrL. W. Hinxman FRSE (1855-1936) a geologist and son of the local minister, Rev Charles Hinxman, was born and raised in Dunmore.^[3]

References

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^"Insight 2001 Census, No. 3 - 2001 Census population of wards and settlements"(PDF). Falkirk Council. 2003. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 3 June 2011. Retrieved9 December 2009.
^Scott, Ian."Dunmore near Airth". Falkirk Herald.
^Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002(PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006.ISBN 0 902 198 84 X. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved28 October 2016.

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