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Main Street, Kirkcowan in Wigtownshire

Kirkcowan Kirkcowan is a village in Wigtownshire, found 6 miles west of Newton Stewart, just south of the main A75 road through the county, which is effectively the London – Belfast road. The parish, of 30,000 acres, is a mixture of arable farmland, 300 woodlands and meadow, which spreads into the Machars. The village of Kirkowan itself bounded on the east by the River Bladnoch and on the west by the River Tarf. It is on the mediæval pilgrim route to Whithorn Priory and hereabouts is a multitude of beautiful places to venture, trails to follow and areas to explore. (Read more)