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The village is the location of the long ruined 13th-century Saint Ninian's Chapel, previously a chapel linked to Whithorn Priory and a stopping off point for pilgrims landing on Isle Head and making their way to Whithorn. Although no longer a true island, John Ainslie's maps as late as 1782 and 1821 show the Isle as an island.
Isle Of Whithorn, 38 Main Street, Low Isle House 54°42′03″N 4°21′55″W / 54.700815°N 4.365211°W / 54.700815; -4.365211 ( Isle Of Whithorn, 38 Main Street, Low Is Category B
In 1901, Isle of Whithorn would receive their third and last lifeboat. The 35-foot Dungeness-class (Rubie) lifeboat was appropriated to the legacy of Mt George Levy of Wood Green, and was named George and Margaret (ON 476). [8] Isle of Whithorn Lifeboat Station was closed in 1919. The lifeboat house is now just a ruin.
Isle of Whithorn and the Black Isle are peninsulas, and Isleornsay is a village which looks out onto the island of Ornsay. There is no commonly accepted derivation for "Burntisland" which had numerous other forms in the past, such as "Brintilun" and "Ye Brint Eland".
Name Location Date Listed Grid Ref. [note 1] Geo-coordinates Notes LB Number [note 2] Image Rusco Tower: Gatehouse of Fleet: Early-16th-century tower house [5]: 3299: Ardwall House
Map of places in Dumfries and Galloway compiled from this list This List of places in Dumfries and Galloway is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, historic house, hill fort, lighthouse, nature reserve, reservoir, river, loch, and other place of interest in the historic counties of Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfriesshire and Wigtownshire within the Dumfries and ...
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