Drongan
Sign in to saveDrongan is a former mining village in East Ayrshire, some east of Ayr and west of Cumnock. It had a population of 4686 in 2011.
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Place details
- Locality
- Drongan
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,170
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Drongan
- UK place.static_image_name
- Drongan 2020278.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Drongan seen on approach to Prestwick Airport
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NS445184
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- East Ayrshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Ayrshire and Arran
- UK place.post_town
- AYR
- UK place.postcode_area
- KA
- UK place.postcode_district
- KA6
- UK place.dial_code
- 01292
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3180
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Drongan 2020278.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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- References
- External links
Drongan is a former mining village in East Ayrshire, some east of Ayr and west of Cumnock. It had a population of 4686 in 2011.
==History== The earliest references to Drongan lands are to be found in documents dating to the 14th century. In the 1390s, these lands were granted to the Craufurds, whose stronghold for 250 years was Drongan Castle. The remains of the castle can be seen on Drongan Mains Farm. The estate passed from the Craufurds to the Cunninghames, then to the Earls of Stair. About 1760, the Drongan Estate was purchased by the Smith family – who built Drongan House, set up a pottery near Coalhall and introduced pioneering agricultural improvements.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Drongan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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