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Elrig

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Elrig (Scottish Gaelic: An Eileirg, meaning the deer run) is a clachan in Dumfries and Galloway Council, Scotland. [1]

16 relations: Clachan, Crannog, Dumfries and Galloway, Gavin Maxwell, Machars, Menhir, Mochrum, Monreith, Port William, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish National Party, Wigtownshire, 18th century, 7th century.

Clachan

A clachan (clochán, or clachan,; clachan,; claghan) is a small settlement or hamlet in Ireland, the Isle of Man and Scotland.

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Crannog

A crannog (crannóg; crannag) is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually built in lakes, rivers and estuarine waters of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland.

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Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway (Dumfries an Gallowa, Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland and is located in the western Southern Uplands.

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Gavin Maxwell

Gavin Maxwell FRSL, FIAL, FZS (Sc.), FRGSThe Rocks Remain, Gavin Maxwell, Longmans, 1963, ASIN: B0000CLY9N (15 July 19147 September 1969) was a Scottish naturalist and author, best known for his nonfiction writing and his work with otters.

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Machars

The Machars (Scottish Gaelic: Machair (Ghallghaidhealaibh); lit. "the Plains (of Galloway)") is a peninsula in Galloway in the south-west of Scotland.

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Menhir

A menhir (from Brittonic languages: maen or men, "stone" and hir or hîr, "long"), standing stone, orthostat, lith or masseba/matseva is a large manmade upright stone.

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Mochrum

Mochrum (Magh-dhruim, ‘ridge of the plain’) is a coastal civil and Church of Scotland parish situated to the east of Luce Bay on the Machars peninsula and southwest of Wigtown in Galloway, Scotland.

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Monreith

Monreith is a small seaside village located in the Machars, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Port William, Dumfries and Galloway

Port William is a fishing village in the parish of Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, in south-west Scotland with a population of approximately 460.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Scottish Conservatives

The Scottish Conservatives (Pàrtaidh Tòraidheach na h-Alba), officially the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, is the part of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom that operates in Scotland.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic (Gàidhlig) or the Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party (SNP; Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba, Scots Naitional Pairtie) is a Scottish nationalist and social-democratic political party in Scotland.

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Wigtownshire

Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-west Scotland.

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18th century

The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 to December 31, 1800 in the Gregorian calendar.

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7th century

The 7th century is the period from 601 to 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Common Era.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elrig

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