See soorce fer Borgue

{{Infobox UK place
|official_name                    = Borgue
|static_image                     = Borgue Village - geograph.org.uk - 108634.jpg
|static_image_width               = 240px
|static_image_caption             = Borgue Veelage
|coordinates                      = {{coord|54.812|-4.134|display=inline,title}}
|os_grid_reference                = NX629484
|unitary_scotland                 = [[Dumfries and Galloway]]
|lieutenancy_scotland             = [[Kirkcoubrieshire]]
|country                          = Scotland
|post_town                        = KIRKCUDBRIGHT
|postcode_area                    = DG
|postcode_district                = DG6
|dial_code                        = 01557
|constituency_westminster         = [[Dumfries and Galloway (UK Parliament constituency)|Dumfries and Galloway]]
|constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Galloway and West Dumfries (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Galloway and West Dumfries]]
}}

'''Borgue''' (pronoonce't {{IPA|/ˈbɔrɡ/}}) is a veelage an pairish in [[Kirkcoubrieshire|the Stewartrie o Kirkcoubrie]] in [[Dumfries an Gallowa]], [[Scotland]]. It is 5 mile soothwast o [[Kirkcoubrie]] an 6 mile sooth o [[Gatehoose o Fleet]]. The name Borgue (recordit as Borg in 1469) is fae the [[Auld Norse]] ''borg'' meanin 'stronghold'.<ref>
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{{Cite book|title = Scandinavian Place-Names in Northern Britain as Evidence for Language Contact and Interaction |last = Grant|first = Alison Elizabeth|publisher = University of Glasgow (Unpublished PhD Thesis)|year = 2003|isbn = |location = |pages = 260|url = http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1637/1/2003grantphd.pdf#page=267|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101059/http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1637/1/2003grantphd.pdf#page=267 |archive-date = 2015-04-02}}</ref>

Borgue Pairish Kirk wis biggit in 1814 an designt bi airchitecht [[Walter Newall]] wi alterations datin fae 1897-8.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/49297770|title=Dumfries and Galloway|last=Gifford, John.|date=2002|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=0300096712|oclc=49297770}}</ref> Acause o a dwinnlin congregation it closed in August 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/hundreds-people-gather-last-ever-13157361|title=Final service at Borgue Church|last=Norris|first=Stephen|date=2018-08-29|website=dailyrecord|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref> The kirkyaird conteens the late 19t century Gothic mausoleum o the [[Gordons o Earlstoun]].

Accordin tae fowk tradeetion, Borgue wis ance the hame o a boy that coud converse wi the [[Fairy|fairies]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fairy Boy of Borgue - Mysterious Britain & Ireland |url=http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotland/kircudbrightshire/folklore/fairy-boy-of-borgue.html |publisher=Mysterious Britain & Ireland |accessdate=17 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819090758/http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotland/kircudbrightshire/folklore/fairy-boy-of-borgue.html# |archive-date=2014-08-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Castle Haven dun==

[[File:Castle Haven, Borgue.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Castle Haven]]
Within the the pairish, near Kirkandrews, an directly wast o the veelage o Borgue, is Castle Haven, an [[Airn Age]] hill-fort o a no certaint date that is designatit a [[schedule't national moniment]].<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=SM1116|desc=Castle Haven,dun,Castle Haven Bay |access-date=16 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/63623/castle-haven |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-03-03 |archive-date=2018-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121072822/https://canmore.org.uk/site/63623/castle-haven |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Anely aboot 34.5 fit x 59 fit in size, Castle Haven is o an unuisual D-shape wi an awmaist straucht wast waw rinnin alang the edge o a clift. The fort is noo owergrowen an difficult tae see in the laundskip, bit a near concentric ooter waw remeens; the main entry is in the airch segment til the north, while a smawer entry at the sooth end leads doun til the strand. Anither antrin featur o this fort is the awmaist quite howe construction o the waw, that conteens three gaileries o different lenths within its thickness; sax adits leads til the gaileries. Stairs leads til the tap o the waw.

Artefacts fund durin restoration - twa spiral bronze finger rings, an a blue an white gless bead - pynts that its uisers wis relative sonsie. Thare wis shaups o an enamelt [[Middle Ages|Middle Age]] brooch an aw.

==Namely fowk==

* [[William Nicholson (poet)|William Nicholson]] (1782-1849) - poet (the Bard o Galloway)
* [[Hugh Blair o Borgue]] (1708-1860s) - jeeger-lik laird in the 18t century
* [[George Cook]], [[Moderator o the General Assemmly o the Kirk o Scotland]] (in 1876) - meenister o Borgue
* [[Samuel Smith (UK Leeberal Pairty politeecian)|Samuel Smith]] (1836-1906) - [[Leeberal Pairty (UK)]] politeecian
* [[John James Pringle]] (1855-1922) - dermatologist
* [[Henry Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel o Kirkcaldy]] (1868-1935) - newspaper proprietor an member o pairlament
* Sir [[Robin Gray (New Zealand politeecian)|Robin Gray]] (born 1931) - Speaker o the New Zealand Hoose o Representatives fae 1990 tae 1993, that wis born in Borgue
* [[Adam Gray]], local historian an scriever
* [[Randolph Stewart, 13t Yerl o Gallowa]] (born 1928) - Scots noble an the praisent [[Yerl o Gallowa]]

==Leetit biggins in Borgue==

* Knockbrex House, Haha and Garden Walls, Sundials, Gates, Gatepiers, an Boundary Walls
* Knockbrex Stables
* Kirkandrews Chapel, Burial Grund, an Boundary Walls
* Kirkandrews Cottages
* Knockbrex Bathing House, includin Castellated Former Store
* Knockbrex "Toy Fort", Gatepiers, Gates, an Boundary Walls
* Margrie
* Borgue Hotel
* Chapelton Row
* Borgue Old House
* Little Ross, Ross Lighthouse
* Law Carleton Farmhouse and Old Mill Building
* Rockvale Quay, Brighouse Bay
* Cairniehill, Farm hoose, Horsemill, an Former Threshing Barn
* Barmagachan
* Balmangan Touer, at Balmangan Farm
* Borgue Village - Memorial tae William Nicholson
* Senwick House and Gatepiers
* Earlston Stables
* Kirkandrews Old Kirk and Churchyard
* Borgue Parish Kirk and Churchyard
* Chapelton Row - 2-storey hoose
* Conchieton
* Corseyard Farm and Boundary Walls
* Little Ross Cottages
* Plunton Castle

==References==

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==External links==
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* [http://www.imchad.freeola.com/mc_clumpha/towns/brg.htm Photos o Borgue veelage]
* [http://www.borgueprimary.ik.org/ Borgue Primary Schuil wabsteid]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://www.kirkcudbright.co/borgue.asp Borgue Pairish hame wabsteid]
* [http://www.kirkyards.co.uk/borgue.asp Transcriptions an photographs o heid-stanes in Borgue Pairish]

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