Borgue

**Borgue** (pronoonce't ) is a veelage an pairish in the Stewartrie o Kirkcoubrie in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. It is 5 mile soothwast o Kirkcoubrie an 6 mile sooth o Gatehoose o Fleet. The name Borgue (recordit as Borg in 1469) is fae the Auld Norse *borg* meanin 'stronghold'.

Borgue Pairish Kirk wis biggit in 1814 an designt bi airchitecht Walter Newall wi alterations datin fae 1897-8. Acause o a dwinnlin congregation it closed in August 2018. The kirkyaird conteens the late 19t century Gothic mausoleum o the Gordons o Earlstoun.

Accordin tae fowk tradeetion, Borgue wis ance the hame o a boy that coud converse wi the fairies.

## Castle Haven dun

Within the the pairish, near Kirkandrews, an directly wast o the veelage o Borgue, is Castle Haven, an Airn Age hill-fort o a no certaint date that is designatit a schedule't national moniment.

Anely aboot 34.5 fit x 59 fit in size, Castle Haven is o an unuisual D-shape wi an awmaist straucht wast waw rinnin alang the edge o a clift. The fort is noo owergrowen an difficult tae see in the laundskip, bit a near concentric ooter waw remeens; the main entry is in the airch segment til the north, while a smawer entry at the sooth end leads doun til the strand. Anither antrin featur o this fort is the awmaist quite howe construction o the waw, that conteens three gaileries o different lenths within its thickness; sax adits leads til the gaileries. Stairs leads til the tap o the waw.

Artefacts fund durin restoration - twa spiral bronze finger rings, an a blue an white gless bead - pynts that its uisers wis relative sonsie. Thare wis shaups o an enamelt Middle Age brooch an aw.

## Namely fowk

* William Nicholson (1782-1849) - poet (the Bard o Galloway)
* Hugh Blair o Borgue (1708-1860s) - jeeger-lik laird in the 18t century
* George Cook, Moderator o the General Assemmly o the Kirk o Scotland (in 1876) - meenister o Borgue
* Samuel Smith (1836-1906) - Leeberal Pairty (UK) politeecian
* John James Pringle (1855-1922) - dermatologist
* Henry Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel o Kirkcaldy (1868-1935) - newspaper proprietor an member o pairlament
* Sir Robin Gray (born 1931) - Speaker o the New Zealand Hoose o Representatives fae 1990 tae 1993, that wis born in Borgue
* Adam Gray, local historian an scriever
* Randolph Stewart, 13t Yerl o Gallowa (born 1928) - Scots noble an the praisent Yerl o Gallowa

## Leetit biggins in Borgue

* Knockbrex House, Haha and Garden Walls, Sundials, Gates, Gatepiers, an Boundary Walls
* Knockbrex Stables
* Kirkandrews Chapel, Burial Grund, an Boundary Walls
* Kirkandrews Cottages
* Knockbrex Bathing House, includin Castellated Former Store
* Knockbrex "Toy Fort", Gatepiers, Gates, an Boundary Walls
* Margrie
* Borgue Hotel
* Chapelton Row
* Borgue Old House
* Little Ross, Ross Lighthouse
* Law Carleton Farmhouse and Old Mill Building
* Rockvale Quay, Brighouse Bay
* Cairniehill, Farm hoose, Horsemill, an Former Threshing Barn
* Barmagachan
* Balmangan Touer, at Balmangan Farm
* Borgue Village - Memorial tae William Nicholson
* Senwick House and Gatepiers
* Earlston Stables
* Kirkandrews Old Kirk and Churchyard
* Borgue Parish Kirk and Churchyard
* Chapelton Row - 2-storey hoose
* Conchieton
* Corseyard Farm and Boundary Walls
* Little Ross Cottages
* Plunton Castle

## References

## External links

* Photos o Borgue veelage
* Borgue Primary Schuil wabsteid
* Borgue Pairish hame wabsteid
* Transcriptions an photographs o heid-stanes in Borgue Pairish