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Dunure
Sign in to saveDunure (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Iùbhair, meaning Yew Hill) is a small village in the South Ayrshire area of Scotland, situated about from Ayr. It is located on the coast of the Firth of Clyde, and is near to Maybole, south of Ayr. The village is most notable for its ruined medieval castle in a clifftop setting, its small former fishing harbour nearby, and (on the opposite side of the castle from the harbour) a small, modern plant maze known as the Dunure Labyrinth.
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- Locality
- Dunure
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
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- Country
- United Kingdom
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10 sectionsContents
- Overview and history
- Early origins
- Dunure Castle
- Landmarks
- Harbour
- Demography
- Economy and fishing
- Transport
- References
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Dunure (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Iùbhair, meaning Yew Hill) is a small village in the South Ayrshire area of Scotland, situated about from Ayr. It is located on the coast of the Firth of Clyde, and is near to Maybole, south of Ayr. The village is most notable for its ruined medieval castle in a clifftop setting, its small former fishing harbour nearby, and (on the opposite side of the castle from the harbour) a small, modern plant maze known as the Dunure Labyrinth.
Since 2012, Dunure, along with Galloway and Southern Ayrshire, is part of the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dunure” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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