page_title: Borgue, Dumfries and Galloway
section_title: Castle Haven dun
hierarchical_section_title: Borgue, Dumfries and Galloway / Castle Haven dun
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Castle Haven, Dumfries and Galloway, Schottland. Prähistorisches DunEnglish: Castle Haven, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Prehistoric Dun
context_page_description: Borgue is a village and parish in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies 5 miles south-west of Kirkcudbright and 6 miles south of Gatehouse of Fleet. The name Borgue is from Old Norse borg 'stronghold'.
  Borgue Parish Church was built in 1814 and designed by architect Walter Newall with alterations dating from 1897-98. Due to a dwindling congregation it closed in August 2018. The churchyard contains the late C19 Gothic mausoleum of the Gordons of Earlston.
  According to folk tradition, Borgue was once the home of a boy who could consort with the fairies.
context_section_description: Within the parish, near Kirkandrews, and due west of the village of Borgue, is Castle Haven, an Iron Age hill fort of uncertain date which is designated a scheduled ancient monument.
  Only about 10.5m x 18m in size, Castle Haven is of an unusual D-shape with an almost straight west wall running along the edge of a cliff. The fort is now overgrown and difficult to discern in the landscape, but a nearly concentric outer wall remains; the main entrance is in the arch segment to the north, while a smaller access at the south end leads down to the beach. Another peculiar characteristic of this fort is the almost totally hollow construction of the wall, which contains three galleries of different lengths within its thickness; six adits lead to the galleries. Steps lead to the top of the wall.
  Artefacts found during restoration - two spiral bronze finger rings and a blue and white glass bead - indicate that its users were relatively prosperous. There were also fragments of an enamelled medieval brooch.
caption: Castle Haven
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