New Luce
{{Short description|Civil parish in south-west Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = New Luce
| static_image_name = Main street in New Luce - geograph.org.uk - 163855.jpg
| scots_name =
| map_type = Scotland
| coordinates = {{coord|54.944|-4.852|display=inline,title}}
| population =
| os_grid_reference = NX174647
| unitary_scotland = Dumfries and Galloway
| lieutenancy_scotland = Wigtownshire
| country = Scotland
| post_town = NEWTON STEWART
| postcode_area = DG
| postcode_district = DG8
| dial_code = 01581
| constituency_westminster = Dumfries and Galloway
| constituency_scottish_parliament = Galloway and West Dumfries
}}
New Luce ({{langx|gd|Baile Ùr Ghlinn Lus}}) is a civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies in the traditional county of Wigtownshire, and is about {{convert|10|mi}} in length and {{convert|5|mi}} in breath, being the upper part of the original Glenluce Parish.{{cite web| url = http://www.dgcommunity.net/communitycouncil/default.aspx?id=56| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090502121810/http://www.dgcommunity.net/communitycouncil/default.aspx?id=56| archive-date = 2009-05-02| title = Community Councils}} New Luce is shown as a civil parish on John Ainslie's county map of 1782.{{cite web|url=http://maps.nls.uk/counties/view/?id=685 |title=View: A map of the county of Wigton. - Counties of Scotland, 1580-1928 - National Library of Scotland |publisher=Maps.nls.uk |access-date=2012-09-09}}
New Luce is also the principal village within the parish. The coast to coast walk, the Southern Upland Way, passes close to the village.{{cite web| url = http://www.newlucehistory.co.uk/| title = Hello Folks, - New Luce {{!}} A History}} The Covenanter Alexander Peden spent time preaching in the village.
Places of interest
A viaduct carried the Stranraer-Glasgow railway over the Main Water of Luce. Down the river from the viaduct is a pool called Bloody Wheel where the Hays of Castle of Park, near Glenluce (Old Luce), and the Linns of Larg in the adjoining parish of Inch, were said to have had a violent encounter centuries ago.National Archives of Scotland GD72/142(i). 13 May 1662. Bond by Sir Thomas HAY, younger of (Castle of) Park, and William LIN of Large, as cautioners to William GORDON of CraiglawNational Archives of Scotland. GD135/798, 800, 804, 955. c.1687
=Archaeology=
The Caves of Kilhern, between 2,000 and 3,000 years old, are in south New Luce.
Cairn na Gath ("cairn of the wild cat"), near Balmurrie, is a chambered long cairn dating to the Neolithic (later Stone Age). At the south end there are remains of huts or enclosures.{{cite web| url = http://www.explorebritain.info/antiquity-dumfries-and-galloway-cairn-na-gath-nx2167| title = explorebritain.info - }} In addition, there are ancient hut circles at Lagafater, around 8 miles to the north of New Luce.{{cite web|title=Lagafater Lodge|url=https://canmore.org.uk/site/61787/lagafater-lodge|website=Canmore|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|access-date=9 September 2016}}
Cairn Macneilie, {{convert|100|m}} north-west of Cruise, New Luce, is a Bronze Age round cairn, {{convert|56|ft}} in diameter and {{convert|3|ft|6|in}} high.{{cite web |url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=9711 |title=Cairn McNeilie |website=Megalithic Portal}}{{Cite web|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/61666/details/cruise+cairn+macneilie/|title=Cruise, Cairn Macneilie | Canmore}} There is another Cairn Macneilie at Inch Parks, by Lochinch Castle in Inch Parish. They may have been named after a person who conducted archaeological excavations.
=Forts=
Rev. George Wilson, in his Archaeological and Historical Collections relating to Ayrshire and Galloway, lists forts in New Luce:Archaeological and Historical Collections relating to Ayrshire and Galloway. vol.V. pp.63-64 https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092901606#page/n115/mode/2up
- Cruise Back Fell, fort marked on the map as two cairns, 80 ft long, on the Fell of Cruise or High Galdenoch.{{Cite web|url=http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=61644|title = Cruise Back Fell | ScotlandsPlaces}}
- Gleniron Several fort with a cluster of green rings, and a large ditch and mote.{{Cite web|url=http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=61598|title = Mid Gleniron | ScotlandsPlaces}}{{cite web| url = http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/5620/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050123084748/http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/5620| archive-date = 2005-01-23| title = Mid Gleniron I and II (Chambered Tomb) {{!}} The Modern Antiquarian {{!}} Mid Gleniron I and II (Chambered Tomb)}}
- Mid Gleniron{{Cite web|url=http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=61594|title = Mid Gleniron | ScotlandsPlaces}}
- Mid Gleniron tomb, where the long cairn had enclosed an earlier smaller one.Discovery and Excavation 1963, 51ff ; Corcoran. 1964 http://www.dgnhas.org.uk/
- Garvilland Iron-age hill fort on the Bennan, double at the one end and with hut circles.{{Cite web|url=http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search_item/index.php?service=RCAHMS&id=61599|title = Mid Gleniron | ScotlandsPlaces}}
- Klashherne, two rings, and three more, not on O.S. map.{{Cite web|url=http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/62443/details/bught+fell/|title=Bught Fell | Canmore}}
- Balmurrie, ring with two hut circles.
Gallery
File:'Caves' of Kilhern - geograph.org.uk - 154852.jpg|'Caves' of Kilhern: six neolithic chambered cairns, estimated at between 2000 and 3000 years old
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 chambered long cairn dating to the neolithic
File:Bennan of Garvilland iron age hill fort. - geograph.org.uk - 435198.jpg|Bennan of Garvilland Iron Age hill fort
File:Bennan of Garvilland hill fort - entrance - geograph.org.uk - 435205.jpg|Bennan of Garvilland hill fort - entrance
File:Kilhern Moss and Bught Fell - geograph.org.uk - 1060426.jpg|Bught Fell and Kilhern Moss
File:Cairn Park - geograph.org.uk - 543836.jpg|Looking across open moorland to the cairn on Cairn Park, behind Glenchamber
File:Near Cairn MacNeilie, Cruise, New Luce, Wigtownshire.jpg|Southern Upland Way near Cairn Macneilie, Cruise
File:A windfarm at Artfield Fell, East of New Luce - geograph.org.uk - 94601.jpg|A windfarm at Artfield Fell, east of New Luce
File:Laggangairn Standing Stones - geograph.org.uk - 456.jpg|Laggangairn Standing Stones
File:Viaduct over Main Water of Luce at New Luce - geograph.org.uk - 586732.jpg|Viaduct over Main Water of Luce
See also
References
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{{Civil parishes in Dumfries and Galloway}}
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