Glenlochar
Glenlochar is a hamlet on the western bank of the River Dee in the parish of Balmaghie in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Threave Castle and Crofts Mote.
Threave Castle
Photo: Alison Stamp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Threave Castle is situated on an island in the River Dee, 2.5 kilometres west of Castle Douglas in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland. Threave Castle is situated 1½ miles south of Glenlochar.
Crofts Mote
Archaeological site
Photo: Kirsty Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crofts Mote is an archaeological site.
Castle Douglas Golf Course
Golf course
Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Douglas Golf Course is situated 2 miles southeast of Glenlochar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crossmichael and Castle Douglas.
Crossmichael
Village
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Crossmichael is a small village on the east side of Loch Ken in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, about 4 miles north of Castle Douglas in Scotland.
Castle Douglas
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Castle Douglas is a town in Dumfries and Galloway in southwest Scotland, with a population of 4000 in 2022. The big attractions are Threave Gardens and the castle. This page also describes nearby villages such as Dalbeattie, and the coast of the Solway Firth.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Village
Photo: Catriona Robertson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and parish in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is located 6 miles north of Castle Douglas. Kirkpatrick Durham is situated 5 miles northeast of Glenlochar.
Glenlochar
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.95999° or 54° 57′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.98374° or 3° 59′ 1″ westElevation
161 feet (49 metres)Open location code
9C6RX258+XGOpenStreetMap ID
node 5414902184OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Scottish Gaelic—“Glenlochar” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Glenlochar”
- Breton: “Glenlochar”
- Dutch: “Glenlochar”
- French: “Glenlochar”
- German: “Glenlochar”
- Irish: “Gleann Lochair”
- Scots: “Glenlochar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Gleann Lochair”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Glenlochar House and Roman Fort.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Glenlochar”. Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.