New Luce

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Civil parish in south-west Scotland

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::summary Civil parish in south-west Scotland ::

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official_nameNew Luce
static_image_nameMain street in New Luce - geograph.org.uk - 163855.jpg
map_typeScotland
coordinates
os_grid_referenceNX174647
unitary_scotlandDumfries and Galloway
lieutenancy_scotlandWigtownshire
countryScotland
post_townNEWTON STEWART
postcode_areaDG
postcode_districtDG8
dial_code01581
constituency_westminsterDumfries and Galloway
constituency_scottish_parliamentGalloway and West Dumfries
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New Luce () is a civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies in the traditional county of Wigtownshire, and is about 10 mi in length and 5 mi in breath, being the upper part of the original Glenluce Parish. New Luce is shown as a civil parish on John Ainslie's county map of 1782.

New Luce is also the principal village within the parish. The coast to coast walk, the Southern Upland Way, passes close to the village. The Covenanter Alexander Peden spent time preaching in the village.

Places of interest

A viaduct carried the Stranraer-Glasgow railway over the Main Water of Luce. Down the river from the viaduct is a pool called Bloody Wheel where the Hays of Castle of Park, near Glenluce (Old Luce), and the Linns of Larg in the adjoining parish of Inch, were said to have had a violent encounter centuries ago.

Archaeology

The Caves of Kilhern, between 2,000 and 3,000 years old, are in south New Luce.

Cairn na Gath ("cairn of the wild cat"), near Balmurrie, is a chambered long cairn dating to the Neolithic (later Stone Age). At the south end there are remains of huts or enclosures. In addition, there are ancient hut circles at Lagafater, around 8 miles to the north of New Luce.

Cairn Macneilie, 100 m north-west of Cruise, New Luce, is a Bronze Age round cairn, 56 ft in diameter and 3 ft high. There is another Cairn Macneilie at Inch Parks, by Lochinch Castle in Inch Parish. They may have been named after a person who conducted archaeological excavations.

Forts

Rev. George Wilson, in his Archaeological and Historical Collections relating to Ayrshire and Galloway, lists forts in New Luce:

  1. Cruise Back Fell, fort marked on the map as two cairns, 80 ft long, on the Fell of Cruise or High Galdenoch.
  2. Gleniron Several fort with a cluster of green rings, and a large ditch and mote.
  3. Mid Gleniron
  4. Mid Gleniron tomb, where the long cairn had enclosed an earlier smaller one.
  5. Garvilland Iron-age hill fort on the Bennan, double at the one end and with hut circles.
  6. Klashherne, two rings, and three more, not on O.S. map.
  7. Balmurrie, ring with two hut circles.

Gallery

File:'Caves' of Kilhern - geograph.org.uk - 154852.jpg|'Caves' of Kilhern: six neolithic chambered cairns, estimated at between 2000 and 3000 years old File:Cairn na Gath - geograph.org.uk - 543918.jpg|Cairn na Gath, near Balmurrie File:Cairn na Gath - geograph.org.uk - 543906.jpg|Cairn na Gath. This is a chambered long cairn dating to the neolithic File:Bennan of Garvilland iron age hill fort. - geograph.org.uk - 435198.jpg|Bennan of Garvilland Iron Age hill fort File:Bennan of Garvilland hill fort - entrance - geograph.org.uk - 435205.jpg|Bennan of Garvilland hill fort - entrance File:Kilhern Moss and Bught Fell - geograph.org.uk - 1060426.jpg|Bught Fell and Kilhern Moss File:Cairn Park - geograph.org.uk - 543836.jpg|Looking across open moorland to the cairn on Cairn Park, behind Glenchamber File:Near Cairn MacNeilie, Cruise, New Luce, Wigtownshire.jpg|Southern Upland Way near Cairn Macneilie, Cruise File:A windfarm at Artfield Fell, East of New Luce - geograph.org.uk - 94601.jpg|A windfarm at Artfield Fell, east of New Luce File:Laggangairn Standing Stones - geograph.org.uk - 456.jpg|Laggangairn Standing Stones File:Viaduct over Main Water of Luce at New Luce - geograph.org.uk - 586732.jpg|Viaduct over Main Water of Luce

References

References

  1. "Community Councils".
  2. "View: A map of the county of Wigton. - Counties of Scotland, 1580-1928 - National Library of Scotland". Maps.nls.uk.
  3. "Hello Folks, - New Luce {{!".
  4. National Archives of Scotland GD72/142(i). 13 May 1662. Bond by Sir Thomas HAY, younger of (Castle of) Park, and William LIN of Large, as cautioners to William GORDON of Craiglaw
  5. National Archives of Scotland. GD135/798, 800, 804, 955. c.1687
  6. "explorebritain.info -".
  7. "Lagafater Lodge". Historic Environment Scotland.
  8. "Cairn McNeilie".
  9. "Cruise, Cairn Macneilie | Canmore".
  10. Archaeological and Historical Collections relating to Ayrshire and Galloway. vol.V. pp.63-64 https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092901606#page/n115/mode/2up
  11. "Cruise Back Fell | ScotlandsPlaces".
  12. "Mid Gleniron | ScotlandsPlaces".
  13. "Mid Gleniron I and II (Chambered Tomb) {{!".
  14. "Mid Gleniron | ScotlandsPlaces".
  15. Discovery and Excavation 1963, 51ff ; Corcoran. 1964 http://www.dgnhas.org.uk/
  16. "Mid Gleniron | ScotlandsPlaces".
  17. (June 2025). "Bught Fell | Canmore}}{{Dead link".

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