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Pairkgait, Dumfries an Gallowa

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Parkgate is located in Dumfries and Galloway
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Diallin code01387
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55°10′23″N 3°32′38″W / 55.173°N 3.544°W / 55.173; -3.544Coordinates: 55°10′23″N 3°32′38″W / 55.173°N 3.544°W / 55.173; -3.544

Pairkgait (Inglis: Parkgate) is a smaw veelage in the historical coonty o Dumfriesshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. The veelage centre is locatit juist til the east o the A701 road, aboot 8 mile north o Dumfries and a wheen o miles east o the Forest o Ae.[1] The're a smaw primary schuil locatit ae mile til the east o the veelage.[2]

Pairkgait umwhile hid a post office an a inn, bit thay is noo closed. The veelage is situatit in the umwhile pairish o Kirkmichel, an Kirkmichel Kirk is aboot ae mile til the wast. Services conteena tae be haudit in the kirk, awtho no ilka week. The veelage is hame tae twa main businesses: Clark Tracks, an ingineerin business focused on the forestry sector; an James Glen, Motor Ingineers. Forby, immediate til the east o the veelage is the umwhile Barony College, noo Barony Campus, ane o fower campuses comprisin Scotland's Rural College (SRUC),

The veelage is served bi busses that rin atween Dumfries, Moffat, an Glesga. The bus service fae Dumfries til Edinburgh via Moffat serves the veelage an aw.

References

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  1. "Kirkmichael through time". A vision of Britain. Retrieved 8 Februar 2012.[deid airtin]
  2. "Nethermill Primary School". Dumfries and Galloway Council. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 8 Februar 2012.