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No tae be confused wi Drummuir, nor'east Scotland
Drummore
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  Drummore Location within Dumfries an Gallowa | |
| Population | 534 |
| OS grid reference | NX136366 |
| • Edinburgh | 110 mi (177 km) |
| • Lunnon | 296 mi (476 km) |
| Ceevil pairish | |
| Cooncil area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Kintra | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Post toun | STRANRAER |
| Postcode destrict | DG9 |
| Diallin code | 01776 |
| Police | Scots |
| Fire | Scots |
| Ambulance | Scots |
| EU Pairlament | Scotland |
| UK Pairlament | |
| Scots Pairlament | |
Drummore (drum-ORE; (fae Gaelic An Druim Mòr meanin "the great rig") is a veelage at the soothren end o the Rhis o Gallowa in the historical coonty o Wigtounshire, in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It his twa ootby clachans, cried Kirkmaiden and Damnaglaur. The veelage lies whaur the Kildonan Burn rins oot til the sea, north o the Mull o Gallowa. It is the soothrenmaist veelage in Scotland, an forder sooth than the English ceetys o Durham an Cairl. It is in the pairish an community o Kirkmaiden, an it is aboot 16 mile fae the nearest major toun, the ferry port o Stranrawer. In the 2011 census the population wis 534.
Drummor skares its name wi Heich Drummore, ae mile up Glen Lee, an wi Drummore Glen, a hauf-mile til the east an aw. The unnerlyin name is clear the Scots Gaelic druim mòr or muckle rig, an it his been suggestit that this reflectit the motte associatit wi the castle o the Adairs o Kinhilt, whase launds wis grantit in 1602 bi Keeng James VI o Scotland. The raither scaitert incidence o relatit names, houiver, maks it mair likely that the rig itself is in quaisten, awthou at 300 fit it is no aw that kenspeckle compare't til teh 450 fit Muntloch Fell an Inshanks Fell til the wast, or even the 205 Mull o Gallowa itsel, 3 mile til the sooth.
A brainch line wis propone't in 1887 linkin til the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. It wis gainstaundit bi the laird, John Dalrymple, 10t Yerl o Stair, an feenal abandont efter the failur o the City of Glasgow Bank in 1882; kythes o the veelage's street settin oot yet reflect plans for the railwey.