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Dalry (from Scottish Gaelic: Dail Ruighe, 'the haugh at the slope' [2]) is a small settlement on the Rye Burn. [3] Its history has signs of early inhabitants in the area; the remains of an ancient fort, made of three concentric round walls, can be found on the summit of Carwinning Hill to the North of Dalry, west of the B784 to Largs .
Agriculture was the foundation of local economies across the Garnock Valley until the industrial revolution. Local soils are rich in peat and well suited for both arable and dairy farming. Dalry was particularly recognised for its dairy products. Dalry takes its name from 'Dail Righe' meaning 'the field of the king'.
The small North Ayrshire town of Dalry stands on the west bank of the River Garnock, almost enclosed by a loop of rivers formed by the River Garnock to the east, the Rye Water to the north, and the Caaf Water to the south. The Garnock Valley traditionally offered the easiest overland route from Glasgow to Ayrshire, and Dalry developed to serve ...
The village is steeped in folkloric legend and mythology. A passageway at Cleeves Cove, the 'Elf Hame' – so called because Dalry locals believed that this was a site of potent faerie magic – is also associated with the 16th century story of accused witch Bessie Dunlop, who was burned at the stake in 1576. During the reign of Charles II, the ...
Dalry through time. Dalry is now part of North Ayrshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Ayrshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dalry itself, go to Units and Statistics.
The fountain, Clachan Inn, the town hall and the A702/A713 junction in St John's Town of Dalry. St John's Town of Dalry ( Scottish Gaelic: Clachan Eòin ), usually referred to simply as Dalry ( /dæl'raɪ/ / 'dal-RYE'), is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire .
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Dalry, a town and a parish in Cunninghame district, Ayrshire. The town stands on a rising-ground between Rye and Caaf Waters, and at the right side of the river Garnock, 3 furlongs W by N of Dalry Junction on the main line of the Glasgow and South-Western railway, this being 15½ miles SW of Paisley, 22½ SW of Glasgow, 70¼ WSW of Edinburgh, 11¼ NW of Kilmarnock, 9 NE of Ardrossan, 6¾ N by ...
