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    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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    245846546558;-4.8193742749774 NN254095] Hu,Sim,sMa 589 2525 Scotland 547 1997 Elrig 'ic an Toisich 887 34 2,910 112 06A 43 [56.886635675147;-3.8644173203693...
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    100 2,035 327 01B 51 52 57 NN720203 Sim,sHu 2532 1717 Scotland 2039 1336 Elrig 620 66 2,034 217 06A 43 NN871724 Sim 2533 104 Scotland 2040 74 Beinn Mhor...
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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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