DUNMORE PINEAPPLE

Our cycle run today took us past Dunmore Pineapple. The Pineapple was built as a birthday present for the Earl of Dunmore’s wife, Susan, daughter of the 9th Duke of Hamilton in 1761. The roof was designed to match the tropical fruit and the segment carvings consists of individual leaves, cantilevered out from coursed masonry. It now belongs to the National Trust of Scotland.