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Wigtownshire, historic county at the southwestern tip of Scotland, facing the Irish Sea to the south and the North Channel to the west. It is the western portion of the historic region of Galloway and lies entirely within the Dumfries and Galloway council area.
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Wigtownshire or the County of Wigtown ( Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Bhaile na h-Ùige, Scots: Wigtounshire) is one of the historic counties of Scotland, covering an area in the south-west of the country. Until 1975, Wigtownshire was an administrative county used for local government.
Wigtown (/ ˈ w ɪ ɡ t ən ˌ-t aʊ n / (both used locally); Scottish Gaelic: Baile na h-Ùige) is a town and former royal burgh in Wigtownshire, of which it is the county town, within the Dumfries and Galloway region in Scotland. It lies east of Stranraer and south of Newton Stewart.
Situated seven miles south of Newton Stewart, Wigtown is well placed for exploring the Machars peninsula. Near Wigtown is the Martyrs' Stake which marks the spot where two women covenanters were drowned in May 1685.
Wigtownshire has mile upon mile of coastline to explore with highlights such as St Ninian's Cave near the picturesque harbour of the Isle of Whithorn and the Mull of Galloway, Scotland's most southerly point.
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Wigtownshire is a wee shire forming the western part of Galloway, between the Solway Firth and the North Channel, seemingly quiet, but traversed by the main route for freight and passengers between Great Britain and Ulster, the ports for which are on Wigtownshire’s western coast.
