Minnigaff
| Minnigaff | |
| Kirkcudbrightshire | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Garlies Castle, Minnigaff | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 54°58’1"N, 4°28’59"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Newton Stewart |
| Postcode: | DG8 |
| Dialling code: | 01671 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Dumfries and Galloway |
Minnigaff is a village and parish in north-western Kirkcudbrightshire adjacent to the borders with Ayrshire and Wigtownshire. The village is situated ½ a mile north of Newton Stewart in the latter county, and forms a suburb of that town. The name, in the Gaelic language, is minutely descriptive of its dark mountainous aspect.
The parish is bounded on the east by the Dee and on the west by the River Cree which also forms the county border with Wigtownshire. Lead was discovered there in 1763 and mined about two miles from the village until 1839. [1]
Minnigaff is the birthplace of Sir James Mirrlees, winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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