Place:The Machars, Wigtownshire, Scotland

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NameThe Machars
TypeGeneral region
Located inWigtownshire, Scotland     ( - 1975)
See alsoDumfries and Galloway Region, Scotlandregional administration 1975-1996
Dumfries and Galloway, Scotlandunitary Council Area since 1996
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


A district of the former county of Wigtownshire comprising farmland, heathland and shoreline, The Machars is the name given to the low and flat peninsula of Galloway lying between Wigtown Bay and Luce Bay and to the south of the Galloway Hills. Its chief towns are Wigtown and Whithorn and its southernmost point is Burrow Head, overlooking the Solway Firth. Machars comes from Scots Gaelic, meaning a flat area of land.

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