New Luce is a ceevil pairish in the historical coonty o Wigtounshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. The pairish is aboot 10 mile lang an 5 mile wide, bein the upper pairt o the oreeginal Glenluice pairish.[1] New Luice is shawn as a ceevil pairish on John Ainslie's coonty map o 1782.[2]

New Luice
New Luce is located in Dumfries and Galloway
New Luce
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54°56′38″N 4°51′07″W / 54.944°N 4.852°W / 54.944; -4.852Coordinates: 54°56′38″N 4°51′07″W / 54.944°N 4.852°W / 54.944; -4.852
New Luice across the fields
New Luice Kirk an kirkyaird

New Luice is an aw the principal veelage within the pairish. The coast-tae-coast walk, the Soothren Upland Wey, passes near the veelage.[3] The Covenanter Alexander Peden spent time preachin in the veelage.

Places o interest

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A viaduct cairit the Stranrawer-Glesga railway ower the Main Watter o Luice. Doun the river fae the viaduct is a puil cried Bluidy Wheel whaur the Hays o Castle o Pairk, near Glenluice (Auld Luice), an the Linns o Larg in the neist pairish o Inch wis said tae hae hid a veeolent encoonter centurys syne.

Archaeology

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The Coves o Kilhern, atween 2,000 an 3,000 year auld, is in sooth New Luice.

Cairn na Gath ("cairn o the wild cat"), near Balmurrie, is a chaumert lang cairn datin til the Neolithic Age. At the sooth end the're remeens o bothys or cruives. In addeetion, the're auncient bothy circles at Lagafater, aboot 8 mile north o New Luice.

Cairn Macneilie, 110 yaird nor'wast o Cruise in New Luice is a Bronze Age roond cairn, 56 fit in diameter and 3.5 fit heich. The're anither Cairn Maceilie at Inch Pairks, bi Lochinch Castle in Inch Pairish. Thay micht hae been name't efter a person that conductit archaeological howkins.

Forts

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Rev. George Wilson, in this Archaelogical and Historical Collections relating to Ayrshire and Galloway, leets forts in New Luice:[4]

  1. Cruise Back Fell, fort merkit on the map as twa cairns, 80 ft, on the Fell o Cruise or High Galdenoch.[5]
  2. Gleniron Several fort wi a boorach o green rings, an a lairge ditch an mote.[6][7]
  3. Mid Gleniron [8]
  4. Mid Gleniron toum, whaur the lang cairn hid parrockit an earlier smawer ane.[9]
  5. Garvilland Iron-age hill fort on the Bennan, dooble at the ane end an wi bothy circles.[10]
  6. Klashherne, twa rings, and three mair, no on O.S. map.[11]
  7. Balmurrie, ring wi twa bothy circles.

Leetit biggins in New Luice

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  • Glenwhilly Farm And Farmhouse
  • Main Water Bridge
  • Artfield, Farmhouse
  • New Luce Parish Church, Graveyard, Graveyard Walls And War Memorial
  • New Luce, 1 And 3 Main Street
  • Torwood House, Former Stables
  • New Luce, 19 Main Street
  • Lucewater House,Former Manse With Boundary Wall And Gatepiers
  • New Luce, 21 Main Street
  • New Luce, 25 Main Street
  • New Luce, 26 And 28 Main Street
  • New Luce, 1 Smithy Lane
  • New Luce, Station Road Building Opposite No 2
  • Cross Water Bridge
  • Dirniemow Bridge
  • Gass Farm
  • Marklach, Footbridge
  • Torwood Lodge
  • New Luce, 2 Main Street

References

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  1. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 2 Apryle 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "View: A map of the county of Wigton. - Counties of Scotland, 1580-1928 - National Library of Scotland". Maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  3. http://www.newlucehistory.co.uk/
  4. Archaeological and Historical Collections relating to Ayrshire and Galloway. vol.V. pp.63-64 https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092901606#page/n115/mode/2up
  5. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 2 Apryle 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 2 Apryle 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/5620/
  8. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 2 Apryle 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. Discovery and Excavation 1963, 51ff ; Corcoran. 1964 http://www.dgnhas.org.uk/
  10. "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 2 Apryle 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/62443/details/bught+fell/[deid airtin]