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In 1820-22 the 5th Earl of Dunmore commissioned the architect William Wilkins to build Dunmore Park, a magnificent mansion very similar to Dalmeny House completed a few years previously. It was occupied by the family until their departure in 1911 and remained as a private home until 1961. After a short spell as a girls school from then until 1964 it was abandoned. Although substantial parts of the building were demolished much remains to remind us of its grandeur and of our criminal neglect of our heritage.

Without doubt the building which has attracted most attention is the Pineapple, a huge representation of the fruit placed above a garden pavilion by John Murray sometime between 1761 (the date which appears on the garden doorway below the fruit) and 1777 when the Earl returned from spells in America as Governor of New York and Virginia colonies. He returned with much wealth and more that a little vanity and the pineapple, a symbol in the colonies of welcome, may have been his ostentatious celebration of his return to his home. Pineapples were certainly grown here and many of the great houses including Holyrood Palace were among the recipients of what was then a rare delicacy! The Pineapple was restored by the Landmark Trust in 1973 for the National Trust of Scotland and is now a holiday home as well as a much visited and photographed folly. The story of the Pineapple is told elsewhere on this website.

Before the arrival of the Dunmores the settlement on the River Forth which housed the workers on the salt pans and later coal miners was called Elphinstone Pans. In the mid 19th century Catherine Herbert widow of the 6th Earl thought it a miserable and unpleasant place and set about replacing the three rows of miners cottages with an English style village with two ranges of houses on either side of a village green. Over the next few years the present picturesque settlement with school, well, smithy and a number of vernacular houses was constructed. Most of the work was completed by 1879 when the well was dedicated with the message: THE SCHOOL AND VILLAGE OF DUNMORE TOGETHER WITH THIS WELL BUILT BY CATHERINE HERBERT COUNTESS OF DUNMORE WERE COMPLETED A.D. 1879.
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