Bargrennan (Scots Gaelic: Bar Grianain, meanin 'heicht o the simmer hoose' or 'sunny spo't)[1] is a veelage in the historical coonty o Wigtounshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It is locatit 9 mile nor'wast o Newtoun Stewart by the River Cree an on the A714 road tae Girvan. The Soothren Upland Wey rins throu the veelage an the Glentrool Forest, managed bi Scots Forestry, is til the nor'east o the veelage.

Bargrennan
Bargrennan Kirk
Bargrennan Haw

White Cairn in Bargrennan gies its name til the cless o prehistoric moniments kent as Bargrennan Chaumert Cairns.[2]

References eedit

  1. The Southern Upland Way Placenames. Dumfries and Galloway Council. Archived frae the original on 13 Mey 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. Cummings, Vicki (2009). A View from the West: The Neolithic of the Irish Sea Zone. Oxford: Oxbow books. p. 337. ISBN 978-1842173626.

Coordinates: 55°03′N 4°35′W / 55.050°N 4.583°W / 55.050; -4.583