Dalmellington
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Dalmellington (pop. 1420 (2003)) is a market town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The town owes its origins to the fault line separating the Southern Uplands of Scotland from the Central Lowlands. Dalmellington sits at the issue of a river from the uplands into Dalmellington Moss plain.
The town has a history as a rest area, market town, weaving centre and mining village. There are still several large open cast coal mines in the area, and the branch line railway from Ayr that once served the town for passenger traffic is now busy with long coal trains. Robert Hetrick the blacksmith-poet lived in the town in the 19th century. Dalmellington Silver Band was a successful music association, winning many prizes in traditional music competition. Recently the town has developed working museums to record the history of the region. An attempt to regenerate the town by means of a 'book town' status copying Hay-on-Wye in Wales seems to have failed recently.
There are many Sites of Special Scientific Interest located around Dalmellington, the most notable being the nearby Loch Doon.
[edit] References
Moore, John. Gently Flows the Doon. A guide to the Dalmellington, Patna and Loch Doon Area (1972) Pub. Dalmellington District Council, ISBN 0-9502841-0-6
General Register Office for Scotland. www.gro-scotland.gov.uk census estimate 2003.
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