Sorbie

Sorbie

Sorbie is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

It is located mid-way between Wigtown and Whithorn on the A714 road. Formerly served by the Wigtownshire Railway branch of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway, Sorbie once boasted a creamery some of whose produce was exported via the port at nearby Garlieston. The railway was closed in the 1960s as was the creamery in the 1990s. In common with the rest of the Machars area, farming forms the principal local industry.

Sorbie Parish Church, in the centre of the village, dates from around 1755 and is a large T-plan structure, now de-roofed.

Nearby, Sorbie Tower is the seat of the Clan Hannay. Also nearby is an early medieval motte.

External links

* [http://www.whithorn.info/community/sorbie.htm Further details on the Whithorn.info site]


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