tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post5253799361021623466..comments2024-03-14T09:17:34.016+00:00Comments on The Glebe Blog: Wigtownshire Ramblers-Creetown to Cairn HolyThe Glebe Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17827870808800970096noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-15342783200133538862019-02-13T22:16:19.036+00:002019-02-13T22:16:19.036+00:00Sorry for the long delay Margaret, the blog has be...Sorry for the long delay Margaret, the blog has been in deep freeze for a few years now.<br />Though it's been a few years there is a road in poor condition up towards Claughreid, probably a couple of gates to open, but it might also involve a wee walkThe Glebe Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17827870808800970096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-34500087265809194662016-06-18T17:32:41.536+01:002016-06-18T17:32:41.536+01:00Hi, my great great grandmother, Christina McIlwrai...Hi, my great great grandmother, Christina McIlwraith, had a sister, Helen McIlwraith (a spinster) who died at Claughreid in 1939, aged 92. Can the area be accessed by car?Margaret Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337699080035263782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-85498312356544743992009-08-14T15:45:46.275+01:002009-08-14T15:45:46.275+01:00Hi Lucy,i've no problem with your using the Fe...Hi Lucy,i've no problem with your using the Fell quarry photograph.Glad to be of help.The Glebe Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609629219727888442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-54008684361291886892009-08-14T14:01:18.001+01:002009-08-14T14:01:18.001+01:00Hello there, i was wondering if i could have permi...Hello there, i was wondering if i could have permission to use your photograph of the Fell Quarry for a project I am completing for the Creetown Initative at the moment?<br /><br />I am writing up a set of briefing sheets with background to Creetown, including one sheet about the quarries, and am looking for a contemporary photo of the quarries - yours was one of the best i have found.<br /><br />regards<br /><br />LucyLucy Burnettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-50727532496167576672009-02-19T16:38:00.000+00:002009-02-19T16:38:00.000+00:00Hi there. I'd just like to mention that my family ...Hi there. I'd just like to mention that my family actually own Claughreid cottage (the one that you can just about spot in the photo) and I was up there only just this weekend. Drop me a comment if you'd like to know more about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-91012896276499699742008-12-28T15:55:00.000+00:002008-12-28T15:55:00.000+00:00Hi AnnGo to the internet site given in the comment...Hi Ann<BR/><BR/>Go to the internet site given in the comment above and click on the map below the photo. It then shows the spot from where the photo was taken. Follow the road north from there past the sheepfold (below the summit of Cairnharrow) and you will see the Claughreid cottages, where I'm sure your mother must have been born. <BR/><BR/>You can also see the cottages on the 1912 Bartholomew Survey Atlas of Scotland given in the link:<BR/> http://www.nls.uk/maps/atlas/bartholomew/page.cfm?id=1163<BR/><BR/>(Click on the map and zoom in and pan to the area north of Cairnholy)<BR/><BR/>You can get through backroads from there to Kirkmabreck so it all makes sense for the time period in question.<BR/><BR/>Were you born in the area and where did you go to school?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12707140885636627212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-11218869108482081252008-12-28T10:39:00.000+00:002008-12-28T10:39:00.000+00:00Hello Ann,the area of Fell Hill and Claughreid is ...Hello Ann,the area of Fell Hill and Claughreid is to the east of Creetown.<BR/>Fell hill is the location of the Fell quarry above Kirkmabreck,Carsluith where the old Kirkmabreck church stood.<BR/>Claughreid is further east,and is accessed from the Cairn Holy road.I haven't been up the Claughreid road,but there's a picture here of the road-http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/875363<BR/> There are a number of derelict cottages all around the quarry area.The Glebe Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609629219727888442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-35401620530824202742008-12-28T02:52:00.000+00:002008-12-28T02:52:00.000+00:00Hi, I wonder if anyone could help me. I have been ...Hi, I wonder if anyone could help me. I have been upto creetown a couple of times looking for fell hill cottages where my mother would have lived with her family back in the 1920's but could not find it. I was also looking for claughreid cottage where my mother was born but could not find that either. I would very much appreciate it if anyone has any information on these places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-91107938978396214152008-11-16T11:41:00.000+00:002008-11-16T11:41:00.000+00:00Thanks for your comments Andrew.Much appreciated.I...Thanks for your comments Andrew.Much appreciated.<BR/>I'll be back around Kirkdale in the near future.The Glebe Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609629219727888442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4296862845552222054.post-83745726304906158202008-11-15T13:44:00.000+00:002008-11-15T13:44:00.000+00:00Again wonderful pictures. Thank you for sharing. I...Again wonderful pictures. Thank you for sharing. I only wish I could join you on your hikes. Yes, you have the correct pronunciation for Kirkdale. Well done!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12707140885636627212noreply@blogger.com