Clachanmore
Clachanmore is a veelage in the Rhins o Gallowa near Ardwell in the historical coonty o Wigtounshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It his been kent an aw as Law Ardwell.[1]
Clachanmore
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  Clachanmore Location within Dumfries an Gallowa | |
| Population | 20 estimate |
| Cooncil area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Kintra | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Post toun | Stranraer |
| Postcode destrict | DG9 |
| Diallin code | 01776-860 |
| Police | Scots |
| Fire | Scots |
| Ambulance | Scots |
| EU Pairlament | Scotland |
| UK Pairlament | |
| Scots Pairlament | |
The name o the veelage means 'muckle clachan' (Scots Gaelic: Clachan Mòr) an micht derive fae a stane circle that umwhile stuid there.[2] There is the remeens o a circular pen on Barrack Knowe near Heich Clachanmore fermhoose.[3]
Clachanmore schuil is the maist kenspeckle biggin in the veelage. The biggin dates tae 1831[4] an wis the schuil for Ardwell. There is a smaw dominie's hoose neist door. Until 2003 it wis an airt gailerie, it is noo a preevat hoose.
References
eedit- ↑ Maria Trotter, ed. Saxon, Galloway Gossip Sixty Years Ago: Being a Series of Articles Illustrative of the Manners, Customs, and Peculiarities of the Aboriginal Picts of Galloway, Choppington, Northumberland: R. Trotter, 1877, OCLC 25797165, pp. 79-80.
- ↑ Clachanmore Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.
- ↑ Barrack Knowe, High Clachanmore Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine at ScotlandsPlaces.
- ↑ Dumfries & Galloway: Summary of places of interest Archived 2010-05-08 at the Wayback Machine, CAST.
Sources
eedit- Clachanmore at Gazetteer for Scotland
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