Fountain, George Street, Stranraer: fountain in Wigtownshire.
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Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Jean Brown in 1706 in Penninghame.
Also accused: John McNairn.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43394546
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/2377&search_string=lastname -
Old football leagues:
Tarff Rovers F.C. played in the Southern Counties League
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarff_Rovers_F.C%2E -
Hype for the Future 74D: Galloway and the Scottish Lowlands π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
Overview The region known as Galloway, largely associated with the southwest of the country of Scotland, is related to the name for the central City of Glasgow located in Lanarkshire. Outside Lanarkshire, however, the region is also quite notable in a number of surrounding counties, including Ayrshire, Dumfries-shire, Renfrewshire, and possibly Kirkcudbrightshire. Elsewhere in the region, the significance of communities is largely determined by facing the Province of Ulster in Ireland across [β¦] -
Torhousekie Stone Circle in Galloway. The central setting of three stones is reputed to be the grave of the mythical King Galdus.
#StandingStoneSunday #Galloway #Wigtownshire #history #legend #folklore #ancient #Photography -
#Jesus take the wheel : the various sects of #Presbytarians ( even the #Kirk ) had a declining congregation in #Whithorn #Wigtownshire in #DumfriesAndGalloway #Scotland ), so the #church was closed in 1947 and converted into a repair and petrol #garage
This has since expanded to a white building on the right, the former church now appears to be used for #MOT testing bays and extra vehicle ramps.
As #Scotland was still quite #religious then, the faithful must have still had nearby churches (there seems to be another 0,5 km away) - although this also shows just how long ago #cars also started to become objects of worship across Britain!
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Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Jean Brown in 1706 in Penninghame.
Also accused: John McNairn.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43394546
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/2377&search_string=lastname -
Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Jean Brown in 1706 in Penninghame.
Also accused: John McNairn.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43394546
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/2377&search_string=lastname -
Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Janet McKeoner in 1707 in Penninghame.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43394550
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/2379&search_string=lastname -
Te Rex stories for kids in #wigtown #wigtownshire #galloway today. I have been made very welcome.
My bag of props did not arrive so I have been using some toys belonging to one of the organisers of the festival!
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What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
#WilliamHenryDavies #PortWilliam #Wigtownshire #Scotland #canon photography -
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If anyone is interested following a wee bookshop in SW Scotland, then you'd make me very happy! Don't follow the building obviously, It's fairly stationary... #introductions #bookshops #scotland #wigtown #wigtownshire
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Two saints, a pirate and a lost bell! Monreith Bay in Galloway has many a tale to tell. St Medana was miraculously transported here on a floating rock, to found Kirmaiden. One of the oldest churches in Scotland.
Read more at our website https://darkgalloway.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/kirkmaiden-two-saints-a-pirate-and-a-lost-bell/
#Scotland #Galloway #Wigtownshire #History #Legend #Folklore #Photography
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Who was King Galdus? The legendary King of Scotland, said to have driven the Romans out of Galloway. Did he exist? Is he even a real legend and why does he have two tombs?
Find out here: https://darkgalloway.wordpress.com/2022/04/25/galdus-the-king-with-two-tombs/
#Scotland #Galloway #Wigtownshire #History #Legend #Folklore #Photography
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Two saints, a pirate and a lost bell! Monreith Bay in Galloway has many a tale to tell. St Medana was miraculously transported here on a floating rock, to found Kirmaiden. One of the oldest churches in Scotland.
Read more at our website https://darkgalloway.wordpress.com/2022/04/16/kirkmaiden-two-saints-a-pirate-and-a-lost-bell/
#Scotland #Galloway #Wigtownshire #History #Legend #Folklore #Photography