Clachanmore

Clachanmore
Clachanmore
 Clachanmore shown within Dumfries and Galloway
Population 20 estimate
Council areaDumfries and Galloway
Lieutenancy areaWigtown
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Stranraer
Postcode district DG9
Dialling code 01776-860
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentDumfries and Galloway
Scottish ParliamentGalloway and Upper Nithsdale
List of places
UK
Scotland

Coordinates: 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 at ScotlandsPlaces.
  4. Dumfries & Galloway: Summary of places of interest, CAST.

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