Clachanmore

Clachanmore
Clachanmore is located in Dumfries and Galloway
Clachanmore
Clachanmore
Location within Dumfries and Galloway
Population20 estimate
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStranraer
Postcode districtDG9
Dialling code01776-860
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
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List of places
UK
Scotland
54°46′43″N 4°58′52″W / 54.778549°N 4.981072°W / 54.778549; -4.981072

Clachanmore is a village in the South Rhins of Galloway near Ardwell in the south west of Scotland. It has also been known as Low Ardwell.[1]

The name of the village means 'big village' (Clachan Mòr, in Gaelic) and may derive from a stone circle that formerly stood there;[2] there are remains of a circular enclosure on Barrack Knowe near High Clachanmore farmhouse.[3]

The old schoolhouse at Clachanmore

Clachanmore school is the most prominent building in the village. The building dates to 1831[4] and was the school for Ardwell. There is a small schoolmaster's house next door. Until 2003 it was an art gallery; it is now a private house.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Clachanmore, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.
  3. ^ Barrack Knowe, High Clachanmore Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine at ScotlandsPlaces.
  4. ^ Dumfries & Galloway: Summary of places of interest Archived 2010-05-08 at the Wayback Machine, CAST.

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