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The rising tide in Luce Bay, Wigtownshire

Luce Bay Luce Bay is a large bay on the south coast of Wigtownshire, in a great arc separating the southern arm of the Rhinns of Galloway from the Machars. The bay is 20 miles wide at its mouth, with the Rhinns to the west and the Machars to the east. The head of the bay, its northernmost coastline, is where the Water of Luce enters it, along with the Pitanton Burn, and here are the broad Sands of Luce, which stretch either side of the rivermouth, from Crow's Nest in the east and along the shore of the Rhinns past Sandhead to the little headland north of Ardwell. Once an important commercial fishery, Luce Bay is now little used for this purpose and fishermen are kept clear of a 'Special Area of Conservation' declared here. (Read more)