Kirkcowan

Kirkcowan

Kirkcowan is a village and parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

It is situated in the north of the Machars peninusula, about 7 miles south south west of Newton Stewart.

The principal industry has always been agriculture, although in the 1800s two woollen mills were erected on the River Tarff nearby. Kirkcowan is on the medieval pilgram route to Whithorn, seat of Christianity in Scotland.

Kirkcowan had a railway station on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway until the line was closed in 1965.

Kirkcowan is situated between the Rivers Tarff and Bladnoch and attracts many fishers.

Most common surnames in the village are McKie and McGaw.

Kirkcowan had a football team called Tarff Rovers who had to disband due to financial hardship. A summer league team now uses the old Ballgreen football pitch and also function under the name Tarff Rovers, although no players are from the village.


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