Girthon
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 51 ′ N , 4 ° 10 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | CASTLE DOUGLAS | ||
| ZIP code section | DG7 | ||
| prefix | 01557 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| British Parliament | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Galloway and West Dumfries | ||
Girthon is a hamlet in the Scottish council area Dumfries and Galloway or the traditional county of Kirkcudbrightshire . It is located around three kilometers south of the Gatehouse of Fleet and nine kilometers west of Kirkcudbright near the confluence of the Water of Fleet in Wigtown Bay .
history
A parish church has been on the site since the 13th century at the latest . In 1625, the church ruin known today as Girthon Old Kirk was built as a successor structure. With a new church in the 1810s, the church became obsolete. For the first time in 1300, a mill in Girthon was mentioned with the Mill of Girthon .
traffic
The A75 trunk road ( Stranraer - Gretna Green ) runs just a few hundred meters north of Girthon. It can be reached via a side road. The A755 branches off one kilometer to the east and leads to the center of Kirkcudbright.
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on Mill of Girthon in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
