Menreith
Menreith (English: Monreith) is a smaw seaside veelage in the Machars, in the historical coounty o Wigtounshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland.[1]
A ruint kirk near Menreith is cried "Kirkmaiden-in-Fernis" an wis dedicatit tae St Median. The chancel wis rebuilt as a mausoleum for the Maxwell faimily o nearby Menreith Hoose and that Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7t Baronet is buirit in. Within the kirkyaird is the last restin place o Caiptain François Thurot, A French kepper caiptain that lost his lilfe in a sea battle aff the Mull o Gallowa.[2]
Abuin the kirk on the clift is the memorial tae Gavin Maxwell the naituralist and author o Ring of Bright Water - an otter, sculptit bronze bi Penny Wheatly in 1978. On veesits back til the faimly seat o Menreith Hoose, Maxwell wad exerceese his tame otter Mijbil on the strand ablo.[3]
References eedit
- ↑ "City (town) Monreith: map, population, location". www.tiptopglobe.com. Archived frae the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 5 Apryle 2020.
- ↑ "Kirkmaiden, Old Church And Churchyard - Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Archived frae the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 5 Apryle 2020.
- ↑ McMaster, Alison. "Monreith Village". whithorn.info. Royal Burgh of Whithorn & District Business Association. Archived frae the original on 10 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
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