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The Mull of Galloway (Scottish Gaelic: Maol nan Gall, pronounced [mɯːlˠ̪ nəŋ ˈkaulˠ̪]; grid reference) is the southernmost point of Scotland. It is situated in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway , at the end of the Rhins of Galloway peninsula.
Map of the Rhins of Galloway. The peninsula is bounded on its west coast by the North Channel and Loch Ryan and Luce Bay in the east. With around 50 miles (80 km) of coastline running from Stranraer in the north to Torrs Warren in the south, the sea heavily influences the land. The coastal landscape varies: the west coast has steep, rugged ...
The term Dumfries and Galloway has been used since at least the 19th century – by 1911 the three counties had a united sheriffdom under that name. Dumfries and Galloway covers the majority of the western area of the Southern Uplands, [3] it also hosts Scotland's most Southerly point, at the Mull of Galloway [4] in the west of the region.
Upload another image Low Currochtrie, Farmhouse 54°41′50″N 4°55′06″W / 54.697329°N 4.918212°W / 54.697329; -4.918212 (Low Currochtrie, Farmhouse) Category C(S) 13573 Upload Photo Mull Of Galloway Lighthouse, Lighthouse Keepers' Houses And Boundary Walls 54°38′06″N 4°51′26″W / 54.634944°N 4.857186°W / 54.634944; -4.857186 (Mull Of Galloway ...
The western 'hammer-head' peninsula of Wigtownshire is known as Rhinns of Galloway, [14] and is split from the 'mainland' by Loch Ryan in the north and Luce Bay in the south; its northern tip is Milleur Point and its southern the Mull of Galloway, which is also the southernmost point in Scotland.
The Mull of Galloway Trail is a coastal long-distance path in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.The route, which is 59 km (37 mi) long, [1] runs along the coast from Glenapp near Ballantrae (where the trail links with the Ayrshire Coastal Path) to the Mull of Galloway.
An idyllic 453-acre private island is up for sale off the west coast of Scotland and it comes with sandy beaches, puffins galore, seven houses, a pub, a helipad and a flock of black-faced sheep.
Drummore (drum-ORE; (from Gaelic An Druim Mòr meaning "the great ridge") is the southernmost village in Scotland, located at the southern end of the Rhins of Galloway in Dumfries and Galloway: it has two satellite clachans, called Kirkmaiden and Damnaglaur. The village lies where the Kildonan Burn runs out to the sea, north of the Mull of ...