New Luice

New Luce is a ceevil pairish in the historical coonty o Wigtounshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. The pairish is aboot 10 mile lang an 5 mile wide, bein the upper pairt o the oreeginal Glenluice pairish.^[1] New Luice is shawn as a ceevil pairish on John Ainslie's coonty map o 1782.^[2]

New Luice
New Luce Location within Dumfries an Gallowa
Cooncil area	Dumfries an Gallowa
Lieutenancy area	Wigtoun
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	Dumfries and Galloway
Scots Pairlament	Galloway and West Dumfries
Leet o places UK Scotland 54.944°N 4.852°W / 54.944; -4.852

New Luice across the fields

New Luice Kirk an kirkyaird

New Luice is an aw the principal veelage within the pairish. The coast-tae-coast walk, the Soothren Upland Wey, passes near the veelage.^[3] The Covenanter Alexander Peden spent time preachin in the veelage.

Places o interest

A viaduct cairit the Stranrawer-Glesga railway ower the Main Watter o Luice. Doun the river fae the viaduct is a puil cried Bluidy Wheel whaur the Hays o Castle o Pairk, near Glenluice (Auld Luice), an the Linns o Larg in the neist pairish o Inch wis said tae hae hid a veeolent encoonter centurys syne.

Archaeology

The Coves o Kilhern, atween 2,000 an 3,000 year auld, is in sooth New Luice.

Cairn na Gath ("cairn o the wild cat"), near Balmurrie, is a chaumert lang cairn datin til the Neolithic Age. At the sooth end the're remeens o bothys or cruives. In addeetion, the're auncient bothy circles at Lagafater, aboot 8 mile north o New Luice.

Cairn Macneilie, 110 yaird nor'wast o Cruise in New Luice is a Bronze Age roond cairn, 56 fit in diameter and 3.5 fit heich. The're anither Cairn Maceilie at Inch Pairks, bi Lochinch Castle in Inch Pairish. Thay micht hae been name't efter a person that conductit archaeological howkins.

Forts

Rev. George Wilson, in this Archaelogical and Historical Collections relating to Ayrshire and Galloway, leets forts in New Luice:^[4]

1. Cruise Back Fell, fort merkit on the map as twa cairns, 80 ft, on the Fell o Cruise or High Galdenoch.^[5]
2. Gleniron Several fort wi a boorach o green rings, an a lairge ditch an mote.^[6][7]
3. Mid Gleniron ^[8]
4. Mid Gleniron toum, whaur the lang cairn hid parrockit an earlier smawer ane.^[9]
5. Garvilland Iron-age hill fort on the Bennan, dooble at the ane end an wi bothy circles.^[10]
6. Klashherne, twa rings, and three mair, no on O.S. map.^[11]
7. Balmurrie, ring wi twa bothy circles.

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  'Coves' of Kilhern: sax neolithic chaumert cairns, estimatit at atween 2,000 an 3,000 year auld
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  Cairn na Gath, near Balmurrie
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  Cairn na Gath. This is a chaumert lang cairn datin til the Neolithic
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  Bennan o Garvilland Airn Age hill fort
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  Bennan o Garvilland hill fort - ingang
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  Bught Fell an Kilhern Moss
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  Leukin across appen muirland til the cairn on Cairn Park, ahint Glenchamber
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  Southren Upland Wey near Cairn Macneilie, Cruise
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  A windferm at Artfield Fell, east o New Luice
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  Laggangairn Staunding Stanes
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  Viaduct ower Main Watter o Luice

Leetit biggins in New Luice

• Glenwhilly Farm And Farmhouse

• Main Water Bridge

• Artfield, Farmhouse

• New Luce Parish Church, Graveyard, Graveyard Walls And War Memorial

• New Luce, 1 And 3 Main Street

• Torwood House, Former Stables

• New Luce, 19 Main Street

• Lucewater House,Former Manse With Boundary Wall And Gatepiers

• New Luce, 21 Main Street

• New Luce, 25 Main Street

• New Luce, 26 And 28 Main Street

• New Luce, 1 Smithy Lane

• New Luce, Station Road Building Opposite No 2

• Cross Water Bridge

• Dirniemow Bridge

• Gass Farm

• Marklach, Footbridge

• Torwood Lodge

• New Luce, 2 Main Street