New Luice

**New Luce** is a ceevil pairish in the historical coonty o Wigtounshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. The pairish is aboot 10 mile lang an 5 mile wide, bein the upper pairt o the oreeginal Glenluice pairish. New Luice is shawn as a ceevil pairish on John Ainslie's coonty map o 1782.

New Luice is an aw the principal veelage within the pairish. The coast-tae-coast walk, the Soothren Upland Wey, passes near the veelage. The Covenanter Alexander Peden spent time preachin in the veelage.

## Places o interest

A viaduct cairit the Stranrawer-Glesga railway ower the Main Watter o Luice. Doun the river fae the viaduct is a puil cried Bluidy Wheel whaur the Hays o Castle o Pairk, near Glenluice (Auld Luice), an the Linns o Larg in the neist pairish o Inch wis said tae hae hid a veeolent encoonter centurys syne.

### Archaeology

The Coves o Kilhern, atween 2,000 an 3,000 year auld, is in sooth New Luice.

Cairn na Gath ("cairn o the wild cat"), near Balmurrie, is a chaumert lang cairn datin til the Neolithic Age. At the sooth end the're remeens o bothys or cruives. In addeetion, the're auncient bothy circles at Lagafater, aboot 8 mile north o New Luice.

Cairn Macneilie, 110 yaird nor'wast o Cruise in New Luice is a Bronze Age roond cairn, 56 fit in diameter and 3.5 fit heich. The're anither Cairn Maceilie at Inch Pairks, bi Lochinch Castle in Inch Pairish. Thay micht hae been name't efter a person that conductit archaeological howkins.

### Forts

Rev. George Wilson, in this *Archaelogical and Historical Collections relating to Ayrshire and Galloway*, leets forts in New Luice:

#Cruise Back Fell, fort merkit on the map as twa cairns, 80 ft, on the Fell o Cruise or High Galdenoch.
#Gleniron Several fort wi a boorach o green rings, an a lairge ditch an mote.
#Mid Gleniron 
#Mid Gleniron toum, whaur the lang cairn hid parrockit an earlier smawer ane.
#Garvilland Iron-age hill fort on the Bennan, dooble at the ane end an wi bothy circles.
#Klashherne, twa rings, and three mair, no on O.S. map.
#Balmurrie, ring wi twa bothy circles.


File:'Caves' of Kilhern - geograph.org.uk - 154852.jpg|'Coves' of Kilhern: sax neolithic chaumert cairns, estimatit at atween 2,000 an 3,000 year auld
File:Cairn na Gath - geograph.org.uk - 543918.jpg|Cairn na Gath, near Balmurrie
File:Cairn na Gath - geograph.org.uk - 543906.jpg|Cairn na Gath. This is a chaumert lang cairn datin til the Neolithic
File:Bennan of Garvilland iron age hill fort. - geograph.org.uk - 435198.jpg|Bennan o Garvilland Airn Age hill fort
File:Bennan of Garvilland hill fort - entrance - geograph.org.uk - 435205.jpg|Bennan o Garvilland hill fort - ingang
File:Kilhern Moss and Bught Fell - geograph.org.uk - 1060426.jpg|Bught Fell an Kilhern Moss
File:Cairn Park - geograph.org.uk - 543836.jpg|Leukin across appen muirland til the cairn on Cairn Park, ahint Glenchamber
File:Near Cairn MacNeilie, Cruise, New Luce, Wigtownshire.jpg|Southren Upland Wey near Cairn Macneilie, Cruise
File:A windfarm at Artfield Fell, East of New Luce - geograph.org.uk - 94601.jpg|A windferm at Artfield Fell, east o New Luice
File:Laggangairn Standing Stones - geograph.org.uk - 456.jpg|Laggangairn Staunding Stanes
File:Viaduct over Main Water of Luce at New Luce - geograph.org.uk - 586732.jpg|Viaduct ower Main Watter o Luice


## Leetit biggins in New Luice

* Glenwhilly Farm And Farmhouse

* Main Water Bridge

* Artfield, Farmhouse

* New Luce Parish Church, Graveyard, Graveyard Walls And War Memorial

* New Luce, 1 And 3 Main Street

* Torwood House, Former Stables

* New Luce, 19 Main Street

* Lucewater House,Former Manse With Boundary Wall And Gatepiers

* New Luce, 21 Main Street

* New Luce, 25 Main Street

* New Luce, 26 And 28 Main Street

* New Luce, 1 Smithy Lane

* New Luce, Station Road Building Opposite No 2

* Cross Water Bridge

* Dirniemow Bridge

* Gass Farm

* Marklach, Footbridge

* Torwood Lodge

* New Luce, 2 Main Street

## References