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Holm Street, Portpatrick Parish Church (Church of Scotland) including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and Gates 54°50′41″N 5°06′51″W / 54.844612°N 5.114126°W / 54.844612; -5.114126 ( Holm Street, Portpatrick Parish Church (Church of Scotland) including Boundary Walls, Gatepiers and
Portpatrick is a village and civil parish in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the west coast of the Rhins of Galloway . The parish is about 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (7 km) in length and 4 miles (6 km) in breadth, covering 9,300 acres (3,800 ha).
Dunskey Castle is a ruined, 12th-century tower house or castle, located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) south of the village of Portpatrick, Rhinns, Wigtownshire, on the south-west coast of Scotland. [ 1 ] Dunskey Castle is a scheduled monument , [ 2 ] a 'nationally important' archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised ...
The village is located on the south coast of the island, and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Ocean dominated by Kisimul Castle, as well as nearby islands such as Vatersay. Castlebay is also within the parish of Barra. [1] The village is located on the A888, which serves as a circular road around Barra. [2] In 1971, it had a population of 307. [1]
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.
Typical marker. The Southern Upland Way is a 344-kilometre (214 mi) coast-to-coast long-distance footpath in southern Scotland. [2] The route links Portpatrick in the west and Cockburnspath in the east via the hills of the Southern Uplands. [1]
The company entitled the Portpatrick Railway was to run from Dumfries to Portpatrick with a short branch to the harbour at Stranraer. [1] Portpatrick was chosen as the terminus because it is the closest point to Ireland on the British mainland and the promoters of the line wished to develop the mail traffic across this sea route. [2]
This scheme did not progress further, but the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway (G&PJR) obtained an authorising act of Parliament, the Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. ccclviii), on 5 July 1865 to follow the same course as the earlier proposed line, except leaving the Maybole and Girvan line immediately ...