Auchencairn
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Auchencairn, , () is a village in the civil parish of Rerrick, and historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. It is located on the coast of the Solway Firth at the head of Auchencairn Bay and lies on the A711 road between the town of Dalbeattie to the east and Kirkcudbright to the west.
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Place details
- Locality
- Auchencairn
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 200
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Auchencairn
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Achadh nan Càrn
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway
- UK place.civil_parish
- Rerrick
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Square, Auchencairn.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Etymology
- Services
- History
- The "Rerrick poltergeist"
- Other locations
- References
- External links
Auchencairn, , () is a village in the civil parish of Rerrick, and historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. It is located on the coast of the Solway Firth at the head of Auchencairn Bay and lies on the A711 road between the town of Dalbeattie to the east and Kirkcudbright to the west.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Auchencairn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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