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|pic=Promontory fort near St Medan, Glasserton by Les Dunford.jpg | |pic=Promontory fort near St Medan, Glasserton by Les Dunford.jpg | ||
|cap=A promontory fort near St Medan on the Machars | |cap=A promontory fort near St Medan on the Machars | ||
|text='''The Machars''' is a bold, triangular peninsula of Wigtownshire, jutting south into the Irish Sea and forming a great part of the county. | |text='''The Machars''' is a bold, triangular peninsula of [[Wigtownshire]], jutting south into the Irish Sea and forming a great part of the county. | ||
The name 'Machars' is from the Galloway Gaelic word ''Machair'' meaning low lying or level land. There are no high peaks in the Machars, but it is not flat and is best described as undulating. The North Atlantic Drift or Gulf Stream creates a mild climate in which plants normally associated with the Southern Hemisphere can thrive, and dolphins and basking sharks are frequently seen in the seas. | The name 'Machars' is from the Galloway Gaelic word ''Machair'' meaning low lying or level land. There are no high peaks in the Machars, but it is not flat and is best described as undulating. The North Atlantic Drift or Gulf Stream creates a mild climate in which plants normally associated with the Southern Hemisphere can thrive, and dolphins and basking sharks are frequently seen in the seas. | ||
The main villages on the peninsula apart from the Burgh of Wigtown itself are are: Kirkcowan, Whithorn, Kirkinner, Sorbie, Mochrum, Elrig, Bladnoch and Whauphill.}}<noinclude> | The main villages on the peninsula apart from the Burgh of Wigtown itself are are: Kirkcowan, Whithorn, Kirkinner, Sorbie, Mochrum, Elrig, Bladnoch and Whauphill.}}<noinclude>{{FP data}} | ||
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The MacharsThe Machars is a bold, triangular peninsula of Wigtownshire, jutting south into the Irish Sea and forming a great part of the county. The name 'Machars' is from the Galloway Gaelic word Machair meaning low lying or level land. There are no high peaks in the Machars, but it is not flat and is best described as undulating. The North Atlantic Drift or Gulf Stream creates a mild climate in which plants normally associated with the Southern Hemisphere can thrive, and dolphins and basking sharks are frequently seen in the seas. The main villages on the peninsula apart from the Burgh of Wigtown itself are are: Kirkcowan, Whithorn, Kirkinner, Sorbie, Mochrum, Elrig, Bladnoch and Whauphill. (Read more) |