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Old Photograph Kirkcolm Scotland
Old photograph of cottages, houses and people in Kirkcolm village on the northern tip of the Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire, Scotland. Kirkcolm, means the Church of St Columba. The parish has a spring known as the Crosswell, or St. Columba's Well. Historically Kirkcolm has seen human activity since ancient times when it was known as Kirkcolm Parish. Sheltered from the rough seas of the North Channel and the North Atlantic Loch Ryan here was, and is to the present time, an important safe harbour for vessels. In the spring of 1307 at the beginning of Robert the Bruce campaign in the Wars of Independence he sent two forces to attempt to gain control of south west Scotland. One force, led by his two brothers, consisting of eighteen galleys, landed in Loch Ryan. They were immediately overwhelmed by local forces, led by Dougal MacDougal Clan MacDowall who was a supporter of the Comyns. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.
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