Auchenmalg

The view from Auchenmalg beach

Auchenmalg
Auchenmalg Location within Dumfries and Galloway
OS grid reference	NX233522
Council area	Dumfries and Galloway
Lieutenancy area	Wigtownshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWTON STEWART
Postcode district	DG8
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Dumfries and Galloway
Scottish Parliament	Galloway and West Dumfries

Auchenmalg is a small hamlet situated on the shore of Luce Bay in the parish of Old Luce, Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland. Auchenmalg consists of a village hall, a pub called the Cock Inn, and a caravan park called Luce Bay Holiday Park. The main industries in Auchenmalg are farming and tourism, there is an active dairy farm and the caravan park sits above the beach.

In recent years Auchenmalg has been expanded with the construction of a number of new homes on former agricultural land.

Archaeology

The Scottish Canmore (database) lists numerous sites of archaeological interest in the area of Auchenmalg, these include:

Black Cairn which is not thought to be a cairn but an enclosure that may have contained buildings. [1]

Auchenmalg Bridge Standing Stone which is thought to be a prehistoric stone some 2 metres high in a field that is visible from the road. [2]

Auchenmalg Bay, jetty the remains of a pier or jetty on the shore that was built in stone and is visible at low tide. [3]

Auchenmalg House the ruins of a former manor house in a field and visible from the road. [4]

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