title: Dundrennan
text: # Dundrennan
  
  Dundrennan (Gaelic: Dun Droighnein) is a village Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about 5 miles (8 km) east of Kirkcudbright. Its population is around 230. Dundrennan is located in the civil parish of Rerrick in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire. It is most notable for the ruins of Dundrennan Abbey, a 12th-century Cistercian monastery. The weapons testing establishment Dundrennan Range is also nearby.
  
  From 2001 until 2015 the Wickerman music festival was held on the nearby farm of East Kirkcarswell.
  
  Dundrennan is a Gaelic name meaning 'hill of thorns' from the words dùn 'fortified place, hill' and droigheann 'blackthorn, bramble'. It is recorded in c.1160 as Dundrainan.
  
  ## Dundrennan Air Crash
  
  On 18 July 1944 at 12:15am, on a night training exercise from RAF Carlisle, Crosby-on-Eden, an RAF Beaufighter crashed into a house in the main street. Four members of the Hamilton family died along with the two airmen.
  
  Their names are.
  
  James Hamilton aged 35 and his wife Georgina aged 33, their children Henry aged 10 and Agnes aged 8.
  
  (Daughter Georgina aged 12 survived.)
  
  Also the 2 airmen who died in the crash.
  
  F/S Henry Wiles (RAFVR) Aged 21 from Aldershot, buried at Aldershot Civilian Cemetery.
  
  Sgt. Eric Young (RAFVR) Aged 21 from Huddersfield, plaque at Leeds Lawns Wood Crematorium.
  
  * grid reference NX748476
  
  ## Climate
  
  Dundrennan has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb).
  
  Climate data for Dundrennan (113 m or 371 ft asl, averages 1981–2010) :
  
  | Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Average high °C (°F) | 6.2 (43.2) | 6.4 (43.5) | 8.0 (46.4) | 10.5 (50.9) | 13.8 (56.8) | 16.0 (60.8) | 17.8 (64.0) | 17.6 (63.7) | 15.7 (60.3) | 12.3 (54.1) | 9.1 (48.4) | 6.7 (44.1) | 11.7 (53.0) |
  | Average low °C (°F) | 2.1 (35.8) | 1.9 (35.4) | 2.9 (37.2) | 4.2 (39.6) | 6.9 (44.4) | 9.5 (49.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 11.5 (52.7) | 9.9 (49.8) | 7.5 (45.5) | 4.6 (40.3) | 2.4 (36.3) | 6.3 (43.3) |
  | Average rainfall mm (inches) | 102.7 (4.04) | 77.6 (3.06) | 95.4 (3.76) | 74.0 (2.91) | 67.5 (2.66) | 74.5 (2.93) | 82.8 (3.26) | 95.8 (3.77) | 99.4 (3.91) | 139.1 (5.48) | 118.8 (4.68) | 114.9 (4.52) | 1,142.5 (44.98) |
  | Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm) | 15.5 | 12.3 | 14.5 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 159.8 |
  | Source: Met Office ||||||||||||||
  