Ae (Écosse) - Izeria

Ae est un village des Dumfries and Galloway, au sud-ouest de l'Écosse. Son nom est le plus court toponyme du Royaume-Uni. Fondée en 1947, Ae se situe au milieu d'une forêt de conifères, non loin de Lockerbie, et compte 200 habitants. La création d'Ae répond à une expérimentation d'afforestation d'anciennes tourbières que l'on ne pensait pas alors plantables. Les espèces que l'on trouve dans la forêt d'Ae sont constituées, pour l'essentiel, d'épicéas de Sitka, de mélèzes, de pins sylvestres et d'épicéas communs. Une faune y abonde, constituée de cervidés, de renards, de lièvres, de mustelas, de pigeons ramiers, de bruants jaunes, d'émouchet, de geais, de faisans et de perdrix.

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Ae Bridgend

Ae Bridgend is a hamlet in the Scottish council area of Dumfries and Galloway next to the River Ae. It is located at an altitude of 96.9 meters above sea level. It is the place where the trunk A701 road between Dumfries and Moffat crosses the Water of Ae.

Parkgate, Dumfries and Galloway

Parkgate is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The village centre is located just to the east of the A701 approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of Dumfries and a few miles east of the Forest of Ae. There is a small primary school located one mile to the east of the village. Parkgate formerly had a Post Office and an inn, the Ae Inn, both of which are now closed. The village is situated in the former parish of Kirkmichael, and Kirkmichael Church is about one mile to the west. Services continue to be held in the Church, albeit not every week. The village is home to two main businesses: Clark Tracks, an engineering business focused on the forestry sector, and James Glen, Motor Engineers. In addition, immediately to the east of the village is the former Barony College, now Barony Campus, one of four campuses comprising Scotland's Rural College ("SRUC"). The village is served by buses which run between Dumfries, Moffat and Glasgow. The bus service from Dumfries to Edinburgh via Moffat also serves the village.

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Wallace's House

Wallace's House is an earthen rampart, located near Lochmaben, Scotland, that is associated with William Wallace. The promontory fort is a scheduled item. The fort is said to have housed a force of men led by William Wallace that harassed the English garrison at Lochmaben Castle during 1297.

Duncow

Duncow is a small settlement in the civil parish of Kirkmahoe, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Located in the geographical centre of the parish, Duncow was a village in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and was formerly its most populous settlement. At the time the First Statistical Account of Scotland was written the village had between 150 and 200 residents. By the time of the Third Statistical Account there were only five houses in the village. It has had a school since at least the time of the New Statistical Account. The current school was opened in 1878 and has a roll of 24. The village post office closed in 1952. The name Duncow, recorded as Duncol in 1250, is of Celtic origin, representing either Cumbric dīn + coll or Gaelic dùn-choll, both meaning 'fort of hazels'.

Dalswinton

Dalswinton is a small village in the historical county of Dumfriesshire in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland. It is located about six miles (ten kilometres) northwest of Dumfries. To the east of the village a wind farm has been built with a capacity of 30 MW. Patrick Miller the entrepreneur built Dalswinton House and its surroundings, which today remain largely in their original form: the stable block situated below the main house and the walled garden; the village; the farms with the enclosed fields; all the cottages which were to house the farm workers and, finally, the loch. It was, perhaps, this for which he is most renowned, as it was on here that the first steamboat in Britain made its maiden voyage. The name Dalswinton contains the Old English place-name swīn-tūn 'pig farm', to which Gaelic dál 'haugh or water meadow' has been added.