Chirmorie Summit
Location type
PlaceName and dates
Chirmorie Summit (1877-)Opened on the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway.
Description
This summit, between Barrhill (to the north) and Glenwhilly (to the south) is at 690 ft. It is the summit of the line between Girvan and Stranraer. The line crosses high exposed moorland here with drifting snow a problem in winter.
There were surfacemen's cottages at the summit, now ruined.
Chirmorie itself (with hills, a farm and a loch) is off to the east of the line, the hill topped with an aerial mast.
Today there is a large windfarm to the west.
Tags
Summit| Nearby stations Chirmorie [Private] Barrhill Glenwhilly Pinwherry Ballantrae New Luce Pinmore Cairn Point YMCA Innermessan Glenluce Castle Kennedy Transit (London Road [Stranraer]) Dunragit Challoch Junction Golfers Platform | Chirmorie Cairn Lig Burn Viaduct Swan^s Neck Pinwherry Viaduct Laggansarroch Viaduct Main Water of Luce Viaduct Keepers Bridge McCulloch Rail Tourist/other Miltonise Level Crossing Markdhu No 1 Level Crossing Marklach No 1 Level Crossing Cairnlea No 2 Level Crossing Marklach No 3 Level Crossing Cairnlea No 1 Level Crossing Laggangarn Standing Stones |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| /02/1895 | Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Northbound train is snowed in at Chirmorie Summit, the passengers forced to stay in local cottages, and is only freed after a week. |
