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Ardwell

Field	Value
country	Scotland
official_name	Ardwell
gaelic_name	Àrd Bhaile
population	123
population_ref	(2001 Census)
map_type	Scotland
coordinates
unitary_scotland	Dumfries and Galloway
lieutenancy_scotland	Wigtown
constituency_westminster	Dumfries and Galloway
constituency_scottish_parliament	Galloway and West Dumfries
post_town	Stranraer
postcode_district	DG9
postcode_area	DG
dial_code	01776-860

Ardwell (from Gaelic Àrd Bhaile meaning "high town", pronounced as "Ardwell") is a village in the Scottish unitary council area of Dumfries and Galloway. It lies on the shores of Luce Bay in the southern part of the Rhins of Galloway. The A716 road to Drummore or the Mull of Galloway passes through the village. The only other street is Ardwell Park, a street of new houses.

The community is served by the nearby Ardwell Church, a small public church with a bell tower, built in 1900–1902.

Many of the houses are still owned by Ardwell Estates, and Ardwell House is located around 0.5 mi west of the village in the grounds of Ardwell Garden and looking across Ardwell Pond.

In the grounds of Ardwell House, on a ridge above the road, are the remains of a medieval motte; the castle bailey may have stood to the north. In addition, south of the church are the ruins of Killaser Castle, the ancestral home of the McCullochs, who formerly held Ardwell., Stoneykirk, Rhinns, Wigtownshire.

Near High Ardwell, on the other side of the peninsula, are the remains of Doon Castle, the best example of an Iron Age broch in Dumfries and Galloway.

Ardwell used to hold the Leek Fair, where plants were sold.

Ardwell Gardens

Ardwell Gardens is a 342 ha (970 acres) garden surrounding the 18th-century Ardwell House. It has a walled garden, and a large pond which has ducks and swans with an approximately half-hour walk round it. There is also access to Ardwell church (to the west) and Ardwell village (to the east) with a beach and boat shop.

Logan Botanic Garden

Main article: Logan Botanic Garden

Logan Botanic Garden, a branch of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, is 2.5 mi by road from Ardwell. Logan's mild climate allows a variety of exotic plants to grow outdoors. There are many beautiful plants which can be found in few other gardens in Britain. It has a woodland garden, and a walled garden and a terrace garden with an avenue of Chusan palms.

Gallery

File:Ardwell Church - geograph.org.uk - 215711.jpg|Ardwell Church Image:Ardwellbeach.jpg|Ardwell beach File:Doon Castle Broch, High Ardwell Bay - geograph.org.uk - 137736.jpg|Doon Castle

References

[http://www.ardwell-church.org.uk/history/details.php Church Details] {{webarchive. link. (2011-09-04 , Ardwell Church, retrieved 5 May 2010.)
link. (2012-03-13 at ScotlandsPlaces.)
[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/746673 Killaser Castle, Cairnhandy] at Geograph/
link. (2012-03-13 at ScotlandsPlaces.)
[http://www.mull-of-galloway.co.uk/the-area/ardwell Ardwell] {{Webarchive. link. (29 October 2012 at Mull of Galloway)
[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=8346 Doon Castle (Broch)] at the Megalithic Portal.
[http://www.cast.org.uk/A-C.htm Dumfries & Galloway: Summary of places of interest] {{webarchive. link. (2010-05-08 , CAST.)
{{Historic Environment Scotland
[http://guide.visitscotland.com/vs/guide/5,en,SCH1/objectId,SIG49258Svs,curr,GBP,season,at1,selectedEntry,home/home.html Ardwell Gardens] {{webarchive. link. (23 December 2010 at VisitScotland.com.)
"Ardwell Pond".
[http://www.rbge.org.uk/the-gardens/logan Logan Botanic Garden], Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

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