Duncow
Duncow is a small settlement in the civil parish of Kirkmahoe, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Located in the geographical centre of the parish, Duncow was a village in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and was formerly its most populous settlement.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Garden of Cosmic Speculation and Ellisland Farm.
Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Park
Photo: David Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a 30 acre sculpture garden created by landscape architect and theorist Charles Jencks and his wife, Maggie Keswick Jencks, on Maggie's land and their home together, Portrack House, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Garden of Cosmic Speculation is situated 2 miles west of Duncow.
Ellisland Farm
Museum
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.
Ellisland Farm lies about 6.5 mi/10.4 km northwest of Dumfries near the village of Auldgirth, located in the Parish of Dunscore, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Ellisland Farm is situated 2½ miles west of Duncow.
Locharbriggs Quarries
Quarry
Photo: Iain Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Locharbriggs Quarries is a quarry, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Duncow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newbridge Drive and Ae.
Newbridge Drive
Quarter
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newbridge Drive is a relatively new suburb in Dumfries. It is situated on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith and is approx 1.8 miles north-west from Dumfries town centre. Newbridge Drive is situated 3½ miles south of Duncow.
Ae
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ae is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. The village is located on the edge of a 15,000-acre human-made conifer forest, and is approximately 9 miles north of Dumfries. Ae is situated 3½ miles north of Duncow.
Dumfries
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dumfries is the principal town of Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland. It's a pleasant market town, with a population of 46,500 in 2020. Robert Burns the poet spent his last years here: from 1788 to 1791 at Ellisland Farm 7 miles north, then in Dumfries town until his death, aged 37.
Duncow
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet 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
55.13545° or 55° 8′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.62155° or 3° 37′ 18″ westElevation
79 feet (24 metres)Open location code
9C7R49PH+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 36318994OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Duncow” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Duncow”
- Irish: “Dùn Choll”
- Scots: “Duncol”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn Choll”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn-choll”
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