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Elrig Loch

Lake, Pool, Pond, Freshwater Marsh in Wigtownshire

Scotland

Elrig Loch

Old fingerpost At the cross roads at Loch Head near Loch Elrig is this unique fingerpost. It is the only known post with Scottish Automobile Club on an oval annulus with the St Andrew's Cross in the centre. Although it is not known at which foundry this post was cast, the fingers have The Scottish Tube Co Ltd on their bottom edges. Research suggests that the post was possibly erected between 1912-14. It is B 'listed' LB50023. Milestone Society National ID: WT_NX3249
Old fingerpost Credit: Jacqueline Crowther

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Old fingerpost At the cross roads at Loch Head near Loch Elrig is this unique fingerpost. It is the only known post with Scottish Automobile Club on an oval annulus with the St Andrew's Cross in the centre. Although it is not known at which foundry this post was cast, the fingers have The Scottish Tube Co Ltd on their bottom edges. Research suggests that the post was possibly erected between 1912-14. It is B 'listed' LB50023. Milestone Society National ID: WT_NX3249
Old fingerpost
At the cross roads at Loch Head near Loch Elrig is this unique fingerpost. It is the only known post with Scottish Automobile Club on an oval annulus with the St Andrew's Cross in the centre. Although it is not known at which foundry this post was cast, the fingers have The Scottish Tube Co Ltd on their bottom edges. Research suggests that the post was possibly erected between 1912-14. It is B 'listed' LB50023. Milestone Society National ID: WT_NX3249
Old fingerpost A close-up of the oval annulus with the St Andrew's Cross at its centre on the unique fingerpost at the cross roads near Loch Elrig. This also shows the raised lettering on the fingers. Milestone Society National ID: WT_NX3249
Old fingerpost
A close-up of the oval annulus with the St Andrew's Cross at its centre on the unique fingerpost at the cross roads near Loch Elrig. This also shows the raised lettering on the fingers. Milestone Society National ID: WT_NX3249
Ragged Robin Silene flos-cuculi growing on the shore of Elrig Loch.
Ragged Robin
Silene flos-cuculi growing on the shore of Elrig Loch.
Three Men In A Boat With apologies to Jerome K Jerome! Three men fishing on Elrig Loch, the gentleman in the middle appears to be having a nap.
Three Men In A Boat
With apologies to Jerome K Jerome! Three men fishing on Elrig Loch, the gentleman in the middle appears to be having a nap.
Road sign It is not easy to take a photograph which shows clearly the destinations named on all four 'fingers' of this unique signpost at Loch Head crossroads. Also each finger is double sided. It was HES 'listed' LB50023B on 23.11.2004. .
Road sign
It is not easy to take a photograph which shows clearly the destinations named on all four 'fingers' of this unique signpost at Loch Head crossroads. Also each finger is double sided. It was HES 'listed' LB50023B on 23.11.2004. .
Old fingerpost A slightly closer view of the road sign at Loch head which shows the slightly narrower top section of post. The lower section has three rings which have not been seen on other posts in Scotland.
Old fingerpost
A slightly closer view of the road sign at Loch head which shows the slightly narrower top section of post. The lower section has three rings which have not been seen on other posts in Scotland.
Derelict Cottage Sits at the side of the track from Elrig House to Changue, looking over moorland towards Rough Loch and Elrig Loch, the mist has dropped and now covers the moors.
Derelict Cottage
Sits at the side of the track from Elrig House to Changue, looking over moorland towards Rough Loch and Elrig Loch, the mist has dropped and now covers the moors.
Airylick View of the single track road past Airylick Cottage towards Elrig Loch.
Airylick
View of the single track road past Airylick Cottage towards Elrig Loch.
Airylick Farm Entrance track to the farm to the west of Elrig Loch.
Airylick Farm
Entrance track to the farm to the west of Elrig Loch.
Road to Elrig House This private road leads to Elrig House of Gavin Maxwell fame, <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Maxwell" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Maxwell">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> and the remains of an 8th century church at Barhobble. <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/62744/details/barhobble+airylick/&biblio=more" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/62744/details/barhobble+airylick/&biblio=more">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span>
Road to Elrig House
This private road leads to Elrig House of Gavin Maxwell fame, LinkExternal link and the remains of an 8th century church at Barhobble. LinkExternal link
Road to Elrig Road past Airylick Farm to Elrig, the barn right of picture is a parking area to leave your vehicle before walking up this private road.
Road to Elrig
Road past Airylick Farm to Elrig, the barn right of picture is a parking area to leave your vehicle before walking up this private road.
Airylick Looking south towards the Clays of Airyolland.
Airylick
Looking south towards the Clays of Airyolland.
Elrig House Wood View north from the entrance road to the large area of woodland surrounding Elrig House at the edge of Changue Fell.
Elrig House Wood
View north from the entrance road to the large area of woodland surrounding Elrig House at the edge of Changue Fell.
Elrig House Driveway to the dwelling made famous by Gavin Maxwell.
Elrig House
Driveway to the dwelling made famous by Gavin Maxwell.
Please shut the gate Through the gate and right to the remains of the chapel at Barhobble and left across the moors and Changue Fell to the A747 and Changue Port.
Please shut the gate
Through the gate and right to the remains of the chapel at Barhobble and left across the moors and Changue Fell to the A747 and Changue Port.
Track around Changue Fell Walking up the track in the mist which runs past the fell and down to the A74 coast road, although smaller tracks do branch off up to the fell and across to Mochrum Fell and High Moor.
Track around Changue Fell
Walking up the track in the mist which runs past the fell and down to the A74 coast road, although smaller tracks do branch off up to the fell and across to Mochrum Fell and High Moor.
Clays of Airyolland View south to the moors where possible in the misty weather conditions when I visited the area.
Clays of Airyolland
View south to the moors where possible in the misty weather conditions when I visited the area.
Spring south of Barhobble Marked on OS Mapping initially I could only hear the spring which runs mostly underground from the north of Elrig House but emerges here on land by Airylick Farm.
Spring south of Barhobble
Marked on OS Mapping initially I could only hear the spring which runs mostly underground from the north of Elrig House but emerges here on land by Airylick Farm.
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Elrig Loch is located at Grid Ref: NX3249 (Lat: 54.808791, Lng: -4.6102267)

Unitary Authority: Dumfries and Galloway

Police Authority: Dumfries and Galloway

What 3 Words

///gazed.overdrive.insulated. Near Whithorn, Dumfries & Galloway

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