Auchencairn
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 200 residents
- Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Achadh nan Càrn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Orchardton Castle and Balcary Lifeboat Station.
Orchardton Castle
Castle
Photo: Ed Iglehart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Orchardton Castle overlooks the Solway Coast. Built in the 1880s, this is a Grade B listed property formerly known as Orchardton House. Built around a Scottish Baronial-style mansion located in Auchencairn in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.
Balcary Lifeboat Station
House
Balcary Lifeboat Station was located under Balcary Hill at Balcary Point, at the southern end of Auchencairn Bay, overlooking Hestan Island on the Solway Firth, approximately 10 miles south of Castle Douglas, in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Balcary Lifeboat Station is situated 2 miles southeast of Auchencairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dundrennan.
Dundrennan
Village
Photo: Ed Iglehart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dundrennan is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about 5 miles east of Kirkcudbright. Its population is around 230. Dundrennan is located in the civil parish of Rerrick in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire. Dundrennan is situated 4 miles southwest of Auchencairn.
Auchencairn
- Category: locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.84339° or 54° 50′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.87245° or 3° 52′ 21″ westPopulation
200Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)Open location code
9C6RR4VH+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 29104736OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2656830Wikidata ID
Q3776855
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Auchencairn” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Auchencairn”
- Catalan: “Auchencairn”
- Cebuano: “Auchencairn”
- Dutch: “Auchencairn”
- French: “Achadh nan Càrn”
- French: “Auchencairn”
- Irish: “Achadh nan Càrn”
- Irish: “Auchencairn”
- Russian: “Ошенкерн”
- Scots: “Auchencairn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Achadh an Cairn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Achadh nan Càrn”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Auchencairn”
- Spanish: “Auchencairn”
- Swedish: “Auchencairn”
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