DRUMORE, a village, in the parish of Kirkmaiden,
county of Wigtown,! of a mile (S. E.) from Kirkmaiden;
containing 279 inhabitants. This village is seated on
the eastern shore of the peninsula called the Rhinns of
Galloway, and has a good harbour and quay, with safe
anchorage for shipping. Four vessels, of between sixteen
and thirty-seven tons' burthen, belong to the port,
whence farm produce is shipped to various places; and
in Luce bay some fishing is carried on. There is a
daily post from Stranraer, distant south-south-east about
twenty miles. Above the village are the ruins of Druinore
Castle, which from its position and magnitude
must have been of great strength and importance.