Clachanmore

Clachanmore Scottish Gaelic: An Clachan Mòr
Clachanmore Location within Dumfries and Galloway
Population	20 estimate
Council area	Dumfries and Galloway
Lieutenancy area	Wigtown
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stranraer
Postcode district	DG9
Dialling code	01776-860
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Dumfries and Galloway
Scottish Parliament	Galloway and Upper Nithsdale
List of places UK Scotland 54°46′43″N4°58′52″W / 54.778549°N 4.981072°W / 54.778549; -4.981072

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.

Sources

• Clachanmore at Gazetteer for Scotland