Borgue

Borgue
Borgue
	; Borgue Veelage
	Borgue Location within Scotland
OS grid reference	NX629484
Cooncil area	Dumfries and Galloway;
Lieutenancy area	Kirkcoubrieshire;
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	KIRKCUDBRIGHT
Postcode destrict	DG6
Diallin code	01557
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	Dumfries and Galloway;
Scots Pairlament	Galloway and West Dumfries;
	Leet o places UK Scotland 54°48′43″N 4°08′02″W / 54.812°N 4.134°WCoordinates: 54°48′43″N 4°08′02″W / 54.812°N 4.134°W

Borgue (pronoonce't /ˈbɔrɡ/) is a veelage an pairish in 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'.^[1]^[2]

Borgue Pairish Kirk wis biggit in 1814 an designt bi airchitecht Walter Newall wi alterations datin fae 1897-8.^[3] Acause o a dwinnlin congregation it closed in August 2018.^[4] 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 fairies.^[5]

Castle Haven dun

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.^[6]^[7]

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 Age brooch an aw.

Namely fowk

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 (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 (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

↑ Nicolaisen, W. F. H. (2001). Scottish Place Names. Edinburgh: John Donald. pp. 144.
↑ Grant, Alison Elizabeth (2003). Scandinavian Place-Names in Northern Britain as Evidence for Language Contact and Interaction (PDF). University of Glasgow (Unpublished PhD Thesis). p. 260. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 2 Apryle 2015.
↑ Gifford, John. (2002). Dumfries and Galloway. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300096712. OCLC 49297770.
↑ Norris, Stephen (29 August 2018). "Final service at Borgue Church". dailyrecord. Retrieved 28 Julie 2019.
↑ "Fairy Boy of Borgue - Mysterious Britain & Ireland". Mysterious Britain & Ireland. Archived frae the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Castle Haven,dun,Castle Haven Bay (SM1116)". Retrieved 16 Apryle 2019.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 3 Mairch 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] Nicolaisen, W. F. H. (2001). Scottish Place Names. Edinburgh: John Donald. pp. 144.

[2] Grant, Alison Elizabeth (2003). Scandinavian Place-Names in Northern Britain as Evidence for Language Contact and Interaction (PDF). University of Glasgow (Unpublished PhD Thesis). p. 260. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 2 Apryle 2015.

[3] Gifford, John. (2002). Dumfries and Galloway. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300096712. OCLC 49297770.

[4] Norris, Stephen (29 August 2018). "Final service at Borgue Church". dailyrecord. Retrieved 28 Julie 2019.

[5] "Fairy Boy of Borgue - Mysterious Britain & Ireland". Mysterious Britain & Ireland. Archived frae the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.

[6] Historic Environment Scotland. "Castle Haven,dun,Castle Haven Bay (SM1116)". Retrieved 16 Apryle 2019.

[7] "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 3 Mairch 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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