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The Machars is a peninsula in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Galloway in the south-west of Scotland. Its name is derived from the Gaelic word Machair meaning low-lying or level land, known a
Luce Bay coastline of The Machars, south of Auchenmalg
A Machars beach at Wigtown.
Machars Coastline looking south from Cruggleton Castle.
The remains of Cruggleton Castle.
Port William is a fishing village in the parish of Mochrum in the historical county of Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, in Scotland with a population of approximately 460.
Machars
…becomes part of Luce Bay. The cliffs continue as far as the beautiful sandy beach at Monreith ( childhood home of the author Gavin Maxwell), and on past Port William. A combination of rocky shoreline, sandy beaches and cliffs continues as far as Auchenmalg and Stairhaven before the sandy dunes approaching Glenluce…
View over Port William Harbour
Maxwell's Otter by Penny Wheatley. Memorial to Gavin Maxwell overlooking Luce Bay.
Bronze statue of a fisherman on the sea-front (Port William) by Andrew Brown (1999)