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Borgue (pronoonce't /ˈbɔrɡ/) is a veelage an pairish in the Stewartrie o Kirkcoubrie in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It is 5 mile soothwast o Kirkcoubrie an 6 mile sooth o Gatehoose o Fleet. The name Borgue (recordit as Borg in 1469) is fae the Auld Norse borg meanin 'stronghold'.[1][2]
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Borgue Veelage | |
Location within Scotland | |
OS grid reference | NX629484 |
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Kintra | Scotland |
Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
Post toun | KIRKCUDBRIGHT |
Postcode destrict | DG6 |
Diallin code | 01557 |
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Fire | Scots |
Ambulance | Scots |
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Borgue Pairish Kirk wis biggit in 1814 an designt bi airchitecht Walter Newall wi alterations datin fae 1897-8.[3] Acause o a dwinnlin congregation it closed in August 2018.[4] The kirkyaird conteens the late 19t century Gothic mausoleum o the Gordons o Earlstoun.
Accordin tae fowk tradeetion, Borgue wis ance the hame o a boy that coud converse wi the fairies.[5]
Within the the pairish, near Kirkandrews, an directly wast o the veelage o Borgue, is Castle Haven, an Airn Age hill-fort o a no certaint date that is designatit a schedule't national moniment.[6][7]
Anely aboot 34.5 fit x 59 fit in size, Castle Haven is o an unuisual D-shape wi an awmaist straucht wast waw rinnin alang the edge o a clift. The fort is noo owergrowen an difficult tae see in the laundskip, bit a near concentric ooter waw remeens; the main entry is in the airch segment til the north, while a smawer entry at the sooth end leads doun til the strand. Anither antrin featur o this fort is the awmaist quite howe construction o the waw, that conteens three gaileries o different lenths within its thickness; sax adits leads til the gaileries. Stairs leads til the tap o the waw.
Artefacts fund durin restoration - twa spiral bronze finger rings, an a blue an white gless bead - pynts that its uisers wis relative sonsie. Thare wis shaups o an enamelt Middle Age brooch an aw.
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