Old travel Blog photograph of House Of Elrig located three miles North of Port William, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Elrig is the birthplace of author and naturalist Gavin Maxwell, who was born at the House of Elrig. Gavin, born 15 July 1914, died 7 September 1969, was best known for his work with otters. He wrote the book Ring of Bright Water in 1960 about how he brought an otter back from Iraq and raised it in Scotland. Ring of Bright Water sold more than a million copies and was made into a film starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna in 1969. The title Ring of Bright Water was taken from a poem by Kathleen Raine, who said in her autobiography that Maxwell had been the love of her life.
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