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Clachanmore is a village in the South Rhins of Galloway near Ardwell in the south west of Scotland. It has also been known as Low Ardwell.[1]

The name of the village means 'big village' (Clachan Mòr, in Gaelic) and may derive from a stone circle that formerly stood there;[2] there are remains of a circular enclosure on Barrack Knowe near High Clachanmore farmhouse.[3]

The old schoolhouse at Clachanmore

Clachanmore school is the most prominent building in the village. The building dates to 1831[4] and was the school for Ardwell. There is a small schoolmaster's house next door. Until 2003 it was an art gallery; it is now a private house.

References

  1. ^ Maria Trotter, ed. Saxon, Galloway Gossip Sixty Years Ago: Being a Series of Articles Illustrative of the Manners, Customs, and Peculiarities of the Aboriginal Picts of Galloway, Choppington, Northumberland: R. Trotter, 1877, OCLC 25797165, pp. 79-80.
  2. ^ Clachanmore, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.
  3. ^ Barrack Knowe, High Clachanmore Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine at ScotlandsPlaces.
  4. ^ Dumfries & Galloway: Summary of places of interest Archived 2010-05-08 at the Wayback Machine, CAST.

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