Clachanmore is a village in the South Rhins of

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near

Ardwell 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 ...

in the south west of

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. It has also been known as Low Ardwell. The name of the village means 'big village' (Clachan Mòr, in Gaelic) and may derive from a stone circle that formerly stood there; there are remains of a circular enclosure on Barrack Knowe near High Clachanmore farmhouse. Clachanmore school is the most prominent building in the village. The building dates to 1831Dumfries & Galloway: Summary of places of interest
, CAST. and was the school for

. There is a small schoolmaster's house next door. Until 2003 it was an art gallery; it is now a private house.

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Clachanmore
at Gazetteer for Scotland Places in the Rhins Villages in Dumfries and Galloway {{DumfriesGalloway-geo-stub