Dornock


Dornock is a small Scottish village in Dumfries and Galloway, situated about west of Eastriggs and east of Annan. Dornock is built on land which is above sea level. Dornock Burn runs east of the village and the railway between Annan and Gretna is north of the village. The mud and sand banks of the Solway Firth are less than one mile away to the south.
The name Dornock is either from Cumbric durn + -ǭg or Gaelic dòrnach, meaning 'place of handstones ', i.e. stones used as projectiles, or perhaps as cobbles. Watson suggests that the in the current pronunciation may imply a Cumbric rather than Gaelic origin.

History

It is famous for the Battle of Dornock during the Wars of Scottish Independence.
A Solway Parish: A History of Dornock A. Alex. Blaylock

Proposed station at Eastriggs