Moniaive
Sign in to saveMoniaive ( 'monny-IVE'; , "The Holy Moor") is a village in the Parish of Glencairn, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It stands on the Cairn and Dalwhat Waters, north-west of the town of Dumfries. Moniaive has been named best overall small village in the Nithsdale in Bloom competition five times in a row, from 2006 to 2011. The village streetscape was featured in the 2002 Peter Mullan film The Magdalene Sisters. In 2004, The Times described the village as one of the 'coolest' in Britain.
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Moniaive
- UK place.scots_name
- Minnyhive
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Am Moine Naomh
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NX778909
- UK place.population
- 520
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Dumfries
- UK place.post_town
- THORNHILL
- UK place.postcode_district
- DG3
- UK place.postcode_area
- DG
- UK place.dial_code
- 01848
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dumfries and Galloway
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +510
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Moniaive Main Street - geograph.org.uk - 152050.jpg
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- P7959
- Dumfriesshire
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Covenanting
- James Paterson
- Cairn Valley Light Railway
- Local economy
- Notable people
- Festivals
- Cairnhead Community Forest and Striding Arches
- The GeoDial and John Corrie Wildlife Garden
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Moniaive ( 'monny-IVE'; , "The Holy Moor") is a village in the Parish of Glencairn, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It stands on the Cairn and Dalwhat Waters, north-west of the town of Dumfries. Moniaive has been named best overall small village in the Nithsdale in Bloom competition five times in a row, from 2006 to 2011. The village streetscape was featured in the 2002 Peter Mullan film The Magdalene Sisters. In 2004, The Times described the village as one of the 'coolest' in Britain.
thumb|left| View of the James Renwick (Covenanter)|Renwick Monument, Moniaive thumb|right|Craigdarroch by William Adam (1729), home of [[Annie Laurie]]