Dunragit
Dunragit is a village on the A75, between Stranraer and Glenluce in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. Dunragit is within the parish of Old Luce, in the traditional county of Wigtownshire.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Baird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Droughdool Mote and Glenwhan Gardens.
Droughdool Mote
Archaeological site
Photo: Chris Newman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Droughdool Mote is a Neolithic round mound in the parish of Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway. The mound is oval in plan, measuring 60m by 50m at its base and rises to 10m in height.
Glenwhan Gardens
Garden
Photo: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dunragit is a village on the A75, between Stranraer and Glenluce in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. Dunragit is within the parish of Old Luce, in the traditional county of Wigtownshire.
Glenluce Abbey
Ruins
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Glenluce Abbey, near to Glenluce, Scotland, was a Cistercian monastery called also Abbey of Luce or Vallis Lucis and founded around 1190 by Rolland or Lochlann, Lord of Galloway and Constable of Scotland. Glenluce Abbey is situated 2½ miles east of Dunragit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glenluce and Castle Kennedy.
Glenluce
Village
Photo: David Baird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glenluce is a small village in the parish of Old Luce in Wigtownshire, Scotland. It contains a village shop, a caravan park and a town hall, as well as the parish church. Glenluce is situated 3 miles east of Dunragit.
Castle Kennedy
Village
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Castle Kennedy is a small village 3 miles east of Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is on the A75 road, and is within the civil parish of Inch. Castle Kennedy is situated 3 miles northwest of Dunragit.
Sandhead
Village
Sandhead is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. It overlooks Luce Bay, 7 miles south of Stranraer. The old main road, named "Main Street", runs through the village, but the A716 now bypasses it with a narrow and twisting carriageway. Sandhead is situated 6 miles southwest of Dunragit.
Dunragit
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.8781° or 54° 52′ 41″ northLongitude
-4.88468° or 4° 53′ 5″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
9C6QV4H8+64OpenStreetMap ID
node 732870472OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Dunragit” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Dunragit”
- Dutch: “Dunragit”
- French: “Dunragit”
- Irish: “Dùn Reicheit”
- Italian: “Dunragit”
- Scots: “Dunragit”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn Reicheit”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn Reichit”
- Welsh: “Dunragit”
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