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As Wigtown, it is a lieutenancy area. the largest town The county town was historically Wigtown. On the establishment of a county council in 1890, Stranraer, the largest town in the county, became the administrative centre. Wigtown includes the southernmost point in Scotland, the Mull of Galloway, the Machars and the Rhins of Galloway peninsula. Major road links to the area comprise of the A77 to the north, and the A75 to the east. It is currently administered by Dumfries and Galloway Council.
The Mull of Galloway is the southernmost point of Scotland. It is situated in Wigtownshire...
Stranraer is a town in the south of Scotland in the west of the region of Dumfries and Galloway and was formerly in the county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the northern side of the isthmus joining... Hall, built in 1776, now houses Stranraer Museum with its displays of Victorian Wigtownshire and the...
Port William is a small fishing village in the county of Wigtownshire in south west Scotland. At present it comes under the administrative authority of Dumfries and Galloway. It is surrounded by the smaller villages of Elrig, Mochrum and Monreith. The village at present has a population of...
Administrative counties of Scotland
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raised in the tiny village of Elrig, near Port William, in Wigtownshire, near the south west corner of...
, Peeblesshire, the Lothians, Berwickshire, Wigtownshire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfriesshire, Selkirkshire...
Traditional counties of Scotland
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traditional counties of Wigtownshire (in the west), Kirkcudbrightshire (centre) and Dumfriesshire (in the east). Together Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire are referred to as Galloway. The Galloway part of...
Extreme points of the United Kingdom
Southernmost Point — Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire Southernmost Settlement — Cairngaan, Wigtownshire..., Wigtownshire Southernmost Settlement — Cairngaan, Wigtownshire Westernmost Point — Ardnamurchan...
Wigtownshire. It then continues for a further 8 miles west as a non-trunk road , terminating in the...