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.Places of Interest
Highlights: Garden of Cosmic Speculation and Ellisland Farm.
Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Park
Ellisland Farm
Museum
Photo: Rosser1954, Public domain.Locharbriggs Quarries
Quarry
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newbridge Drive and Ae.
Newbridge Drive
Quarter
Ae
Village
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″ north
Longitude
-3.62155° or 3° 37′ 18″ west
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
Open location code
9C7R49PH+59
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Duncow” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Duncow”
- Irish: “Dùn Choll”
- Scots: “Duncol”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn Choll”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn-choll”
- Urdu: “ڈنکو”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Auchencairn and Kirkton.
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Highlights: Lightwater Plantation and Longloch Wood.
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