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Auchencairn, a village and a quoad sacra parish in the civil parish of Rerwick, Kirkcudbrightshire. The village is pleasantly situated at the NW angle of a bay of its own name, about 10 miles E of Kirkcudbright, 8 SSE of Castle-Donglas, and 7½ SSW of Dalbeattie, with which last station it communicates twice a week by coach. With good sea-bathing, it is a rising little place, containing an Established church (1856), a Free church, two hotels, gas-works, a post office under Castle-Donglas, with money order and savings' bank departments, and a school which in 1879 had an average attendance of 159 children, and a grant of £139,2s. 6d. Just to the S, on gronud that rises from the shore, stands Auchencairn House (J. G. Mackie, Esq.), a good red freestone mansion, with tasteful grounds and a fine collection of modern British paintings; and to the S again of this is Auchencairn Moss. The parish is in the presbytery of Kirkcudbright and synod of Galloway; its minister's stipend is £120. Pop. of village (1861) 390, (1871) 474, (1881) 441; of quoad sacra parish (1871) 1103, (1881) 1037.
Auchencairn Bay runs 2¼ miles north-westward from the Solway Firth (or 2¾, reckoning its right hand prolongation, Orchardton Bay), and has an average breadth of 1¼ mile. Its entrance is guarded by Almorness Point, 100 feet high, on the right; on the left by Balcary Point (200 feet); and half-way across it lies the green isle of Hestan (3 furlongs long, 1½ wide, and 100 feet high), giving its waters a land-locked, lake-like appearance. At low tide the bay presents an unbroken bed of smooth sand, so dry and firm that horse-races have been run upon it.—Ord. Sur., sh. 5,1857.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a quoad sacra parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kirkcudbrightshire ScoCnty |
| Place: | Auchencairn |
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