See soorce fer Ae, Dumfries an Gallowa

{{Infobox UK place
|official_name= Ae
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|country= Scotland
|static_image_name= The Village of Ae.jpg
|static_image_alt= View o the green an hooses in the veelage o Ae
|static_image_caption= The veelage o Ae
|population= 200
|population_ref= (approx)
|os_grid_reference= NX983891
|edinburgh_distance_mi= 70
|edinburgh_direction= NE
|london_distance_mi= 340
|london_direction= SE
|map_alt= Map shawin Ae in the sooth o Scotland
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|post_town= DUMFRIES
|postcode_area= DG
|postcode_district= DG1
|dial_code= 01387
|constituency_westminster= [[Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)|Dumfries an Gallowa]]
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|unitary_scotland= [[Dumfries and Galloway]]
|lieutenancy_scotland= [[Dumfries]]
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'''Ae''' (pronoonce't {{IPAc-en|aɪ}} or "eh”) is a veelage in [[Dumfries an Gallowa]], soothwast [[Scotland]].<ref name="Reader's Digest Association 1990 16">{{harvtxt|Reader's Digest Association|1990|p=16}}</ref> The village is locatit on the edge o a 15,000 acre man-made [[Pinophyta|conifer]] forest, an is aboot 9 mile north o [[Dumfries]].

==History==

[[Robert Chambers (publisher, born 1802)|Robert Chambers]] wrate aboot the Ae aurie in 1826, descrievin it as a [[muir]] wi a [[glen]] (kent as Glenae),<ref name="Chambers 1826 111">{{harvtxt|Chambers|1826|p=111}}</ref> whase woners wis "lang-fame't for broils, battles, an feats o acteevity".<ref name="Chambers 1826 112">{{harvtxt|Chambers|1826|p=112}}</ref> Chambers wrate that the majority o the men in the aurie wis employed in fermin an transportin guids on horseback atween the veelage an [[Glesga]], as weel as the ceetys o [[Cairl]] an [[Manchester]].<ref name="Chambers 1826 112" /> Thir "lads o Ae" haed a reputation that preceedit thaim, bein famous for "[[cudgel]]-playin an [[boxin]] at ilka fair an waddin the aurie haudit.<ref name="Chambers 1826 112" />

The veelage o Ae is ane o the youngest veelages in Breetain, haen been foondit in 1947 bi the [[Forestry Commission]].<ref name="Reader's Digest Association 1990 16" />

==Geography== 

The veelage is situatit atween the [[Watter o Ae]] an the Goukstane Burn efter thay hae flowed oot o the [[Forest o Ae]]. The population is aboot 200, wi 50 dwallins. Faceelitys in the veelage includes a public hoose (forgane a post office), a schuil, an a community haw.<ref name="Reader's Digest Association 1990 16" />

Experiments at Ae includes successfu afforestation o umwhile [[bogs]], thocht tae be unplantable afore. Plantation haes been estaiblished at a heicht o 1,750 fit an aw. The forest consists o mainly [[Sitka spruce]],<ref name="Pye 2004 274">{{harvtxt|Pye|Croft|2004|p=274}}</ref> but thare is [[larch]], [[Scots pine]], an [[Norway spruce]] an aw. Thare is a hantle o wildlife, includin [[deer]], [[tod]], [[maukin]], [[whitrat]], [[cushat]], [[yorlin]], [[spur-hawk]], [[jay]], [[pheisant]], [[paitrick]], an [[Sciurus vulgaris|ferret]].

===Toponymy===

In 1787, the aurie's name wis written wi the [[ligature]] '''Æ'''.<ref name="Great Britain House of Lords 1787 201">{{harvtxt|Great Britain House of Lords|1787|p=201}}</ref> By 1826 the name wis written '''Ae''' that, bi repute, is the shortest place name in the [[Unitit Kinrick]].<ref name="Reader's Digest Association 1990 16" /> Houiver the Scots Gaelic name o the island o [[Iona]] comprises a single letter, I.

The name likely comes fae the [[Auld Norse]] wird ''aa'', meanin "watter, river".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ae/ae/|title=Ae Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland|website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk}}</ref>

===Muntain bikin trails===

Near til the veelage is the local aurie heidquarters o the Forestry Commission. The commission haes been instrumental in developin a muntain bikin centre, that provides access tae cycle trails o various difficulty. Tae cater for veesitors, thare is a smaw café an a bike shap.

===Wheelchair accessible walks===

Thare is a 3.5 mile lang wheelchair accessible circular trail alang the Ae riverside fae the main car pairk whaur thare is disable't pairkin. The paith is wide an generally flet an consists o a combination o cinder an compactit graivel tracks wi no mony law sticks, an slicht slents. The route is suitable for manual wheelchair uisers, juist follae the yellae post merkers. Thare is the option o pairkin at the upper/owerflowe car pairk an aw shortenin the walk tae less nor 2.5 mile avydin the first pairt o the trail that is skare'd wi vehicles. For the muir adventurous wi "aff-road" wheelchaires the yellae trail can be extendit bi follaein the greed muntain bike trail merkers up tae Dan's Puil an back.

==References==

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== Sources ==
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*{{Citation|author=Reader's Digest Association|title=Book of British Villages|publisher=Reader's Digest|place=London|year=1990|isbn=0-276-42018-7|oclc=35330841}}
*{{Citation|last=Chambers|first=Robert|title=The Popular Rhymes of Scotland|publisher=W. Hunte|year=1826}}
*{{Citation|author=Great Britain House of Lords|title=Journals of the House of Lords / Great Britain, Parliament, House of Lords|volume=38|publisher=HMSO|year=1787}}
*{{Citation|last1=Pye|first1=Kenneth|last2=Croft|first2=Debra|title=Forensic geoscience: principles, techniques and applications|publisher=Geological Society|place=London|year=2004|isbn=1-86239-161-0}}
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==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWtvP40E-D8&t=145s Video footage o Ae Village]

[[Category: Veelages in Dumfries an Gallowa]]
[[Category:Dumfries an Gallowa]]
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