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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
Charles Lockhart (1818–1905), petroleum producer and refiner, was born in Cairnhead, Isle of Whithorn. Co-founder in 1874 with John D Rockefeller of the Standard Oil Company . [10] The poet and scholar of South American literature Alastair Reid was born in Whithorn on 22 March 1926.
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.
Burrow Head is a headland located approximately two miles south-west of Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland, and is the second southernmost point of Scotland (after the Mull of Galloway). St. Ninian's Cave is approximately two miles north-west along the coast.
As House Republicans look for ways to slash spending to fund President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, they’ve floated proposals that could raise federal student loan bills for millions of borrowers.
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".
Location: Locality: Coordinates (links to map & photo sources) OS grid reference: Isabella Pit: ... Isle of Whithorn: Dumfries and Galloway Isle of Wight: Isle of ...