Garryharry Cave [1]

Rinns of Galloway, Portpatrick, Cairngarroch Bay, Garryharry, Wigtownshire.

NGR:	NX 04015 50020
WGS84:	54.80663, -5.05104
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Shinnel Formation - Wacke
Tags:	Cave
Registry:	main

One of two caves at the upper end of an inlet north of Garryharry (a small headland SW of Kirkauchline). One or both of these caves may be Dove Cave.

A single cave called Dove Cave is marked on the 6" OS map of 1850. Two caves are marked on the 25" OS map of 1893 north-east of a rocky headland marked as Garryharry, both with a possible length of 5-10 m.

Alternative Names: Dove Cave

Notes: Garradh, Norse gardr, modernised garth, was an enclosure. From the Celtic root we have Garryharry.

GARRIE. 'Stoneykirk.' A word used in Galloway to express a rough, stony space of ground, a moraine - garbh [garve, garriv], rough. A garry o' stanes is a common expression.

Hydrographic Feeds: Irish Sea

Hydrographic Resurgences: Irish Sea

Links and Resources:

6" OS 1909, Sheet 22, Wigtownshire SE, 54° 48' 23.8"N, 5° 2' 58.9"W. OS Auto Lat/Long conversion to NGR.
Wigtownshire XXII.11 (Stoneykirk), Publication date: 1894 Revised: 1893.
Old Statistical Account, vol. 4. p. 131. Reference not found.
Pastmap, OS 10k background mapping.
Sir Andrew Agnew of Locknaw, 1893, The Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway, p. 130. archive.org/stream/hereditarysherif01agneuoft/hereditarysherif01agneuoft_djvu.txt.

This entry was last updated: 2022-06-08 09:31:15

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