STRANRAER

Stranraer lies on the shores of Loch Ryan on the northern side of the isthmus (strip of land connecting two larger land areas), joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland.

The name is generally believed to come from the Scottish Gaelic "An t-Srn Reamhar" meaning literally "The Fat Nose", but which more prosaically might be rendered as "the broad headland" - although another interpretation would connect the second element in the name with Rerigonium, a settlement anciently noted by Ptolemy in this part of Britain.

Stranraer is an administrative centre for the West Galloway (Wigtownshire) area.

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Map: Ordnance Survey Landranger Map (number 82) - 1:50,000 scale (1.25 inches to 1 mile).

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