Drumoak
title: "Drumoak" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-aberdeenshire"] topic_path: "general/villages-in-aberdeenshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumoak" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | Scotland |
| official_name | Drumoak |
| gaelic_name | Druim M'Aodhaig |
| population | |
| population_ref | () |
| os_grid_reference | NO7999 |
| coordinates | |
| unitary_scotland | Aberdeenshire |
| lieutenancy_scotland | Aberdeenshire |
| constituency_westminster | West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine |
| constituency_scottish_parliament | Aberdeenshire West |
| postcode_area | AB |
| static_image | Drumoak village.jpg |
| static_image_width | 250px |
| static_image_caption | Drumoak village |
| :: |
|country = Scotland |official_name= Drumoak |scots_name= |gaelic_name=Druim M'Aodhaig |population = |population_ref = () |os_grid_reference= NO7999 |coordinates = |unitary_scotland= Aberdeenshire |lieutenancy_scotland= Aberdeenshire |constituency_westminster= West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine |constituency_scottish_parliament= Aberdeenshire West |postcode_area= AB |static_image= Drumoak village.jpg |static_image_width= 250px |static_image_caption= Drumoak village ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Drumoak_and_district_bowling_green.jpg" caption="Drumoak and district bowling green"] ::
Drumoak (, , ) is a village situated between Peterculter and Banchory in North Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which is classified as a town by the Understanding Scottish Places programme.{{cite web |title=Drumoak |url=https://www.usp.scot/Town?mainTownName=Drumoak |website=Understanding Scottish Places |access-date=23 January 2026
There is a church, small shop (located in Park), bowling green and the, now demolished, Irvine Arms restaurant pub (aptly named after the family that owned the 13th century Drum Castle). Drum Castle is run by the National Trust for Scotland and is open to visitors. Relics and portraits of the Irvine family are kept here, and it was conferred by Robert the Bruce onto William de Irvine. There are a number of housing developments progressing; a new primary school and nursery with over 100 pupils serves Drumoak. The Dee River gravels also attract gravel extraction on both sides of the river.
Drumoak Manse in 1638 was the birthplace of James Gregory, discoverer of diffraction gratings a year after Newton's prism experiments, and inventor of the Gregorian telescope design in 1663. The design is still used today in telescopes such as the Arecibo Radio Telescope upgraded to a Gregorian design in 1997 giving Arecibo a flexibility it had not previously possessed. His older brother David was also born there in 1620.
Between Drumoak and Peterculter is the site of a Roman encampment Normandykes
History
A history of Drumoak was commissioned by the Kirk Session of Drumoak Parish Church in 2000 in order to commemorate the second millennium. It was entitled The Parish of Drumoak and was written by Robin Jackson.{{cite web |title=Drumoak |url=http://durris.net/html/drumoak.html |website=Durris Area Website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241015115709/http://durris.net/html/drumoak.html |archive-date=15 October 2024 |url-status=dead |access-date=21 January 2026 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/drumoak_church.jpg" caption="Drumoak Church"] ::
References
References
- {{Scottish settlement population citation
- ''AA Touring Guide to Scotland'' (1978)
- "Sporting Estates, Fishing, Shooting, Stalking, Lodges, Scotland, Holidays".
- Robert Clarke Hutchinson, George Martelli''Robert's People: The Life of Sir Robert Williams'', Chatto and Windus, 1971
- "James Gregory - Biography".
- (2000). "Collins encyclopaedia of Scotland". HarperCollins.
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