Elrig (Scottish Gaelic: An Eileirg, meaning "the deer run") is a clachan or hamlet in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway,...
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and natural historian. Maxwell was born at The House of Elrig near the small village of Elrig, near Port William, in Wigtownshire, south-western Scotland...
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coast of Luce Bay in Galloway and is situated between the small villages of Elrig and Mochrum to the north and Monreith to the south. It looks towards the...
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eponymous village of Mochrum, as well as Port William and the clachan of Elrig. Mochrum is recorded as Mochrumm in Blaeu as a hill-name. It is a Cumbric...
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each summer with the Czech Professor Emil Korner at his home The House of Elrig in Wigtownshire. Kokoschka naturalised as a British subject on 21 February...
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by Whitelee Wind Farm on the moorland hills to the southwest, including Elrig close to where one of the principal feeder burns of the Calder Water originates...
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merged into Inch c. 1650 Ardwell Cairnryan Clachanmore Drummore Dunragit Elrig Garlieston Glenluce Isle of Whithorn Kirkcolm Kirkcowan Kirkinner Kirkmaiden...
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are numerous houses within the glen, including Elrigbeg (Eileirig Beag), Elrig More (Eileirig Mór), Kilblaan and Drimlee (at the northern end). There is...
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Such, Such Were The Joys, accessed online Gavin Maxwell, The House at Elrig (1965) Henry Longhurst, My Life and Soft Times (1971) Evening Standard Letters:...
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(east of Mallaig) Loch Eldrig (Dumfries and Galloway) Loch Ellrig (Falkirk) Elrig Loch (Dumfries and Galloway) Loch Enoch (Galloway) Loch an Eòin (Sutherland)...
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Longhurst, My Life and Soft Times, Cassell 1971. Gavin Maxwell, The House at Elrig, Longmans 1965. Letter to Julian Symons, Collected Essays Vol 4. Cyril Connolly...
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Gavin Maxwell author of Ring of Bright Water, who was born at The House of Elrig on the estate. Gavin's older brother, Sir Aymer Maxwell, the 8th Baronet...
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naturalist and leader researcher in otters, author of Ring of Bright Water, Elrig, Scotland (d. 1969); Frank Headlam, Australian air force officer, commander...
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19592 Upload Photo Elrig, 16 Main Street, Weavers Cottage 54°47′48″N 4°36′45″W / 54.796535°N 4.612455°W / 54.796535; -4.612455 (Elrig, 16 Main Street...
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are: Kirkcowan, Whithorn, Isle of Whithorn, Kirkinner, Sorbie, Mochrum, Elrig, Bladnoch and Whauphill. There are a number of large lochs in the area including...
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eileirig' with the meaning of 'deer-trap' and the local place-names 'Eldrig', 'Elrig', 'Elrick', etc. derive from this source and some of the defiles used in...
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Pharmacology and Therapeutics". Eacpt.org. Retrieved 13 May 2012. "Colin Dollery". ELRIG. 28 April 2010. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 13...
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Kelton. A Carlin Stone is to ben found at 'The Derry', near to the head of Elrig Loch near Wigtown. It is thought to have been part of a Stone circle and...
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Lord of Galloway, confirming the Barony of Garochloyne with Lougan and Elrig in the Rhinns of Galloway. Janet McDowell (McDowall), daughter of Uchtred...
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Aberdeenshire 57°08′N 2°17′W / 57.14°N 02.29°W / 57.14; -02.29 NJ8206 Elrig Dumfries and Galloway 54°47′N 4°37′W / 54.79°N 04.61°W / 54.79; -04.61...
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