Enterkinfuit

Enterkinfuit

The Enterkin Pass, paith an burn
Enterkinfoot and the Enterkin Pass is located in Dumfries and Galloway
Enterkinfoot and the Enterkin Pass
Enterkinfoot and the Enterkin Pass
Location within Dumfries an Gallowa
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55°19′02″N 3°47′54″W / 55.3172°N 3.7983°W / 55.3172; -3.7983Coordinates: 55°19′02″N 3°47′54″W / 55.3172°N 3.7983°W / 55.3172; -3.7983

Enterkinfuit (English: Enterkinfoot) is a clachan that lies 6 mile north o Thornhill on the A76 road on the route tae Sanchar in Dusdeer Pairish, in the historical coonty o Dumfriesshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland.

Its oreeginal nucleus wis the auld mill wi its associatit biggins, the schuil, an the famous Enterkin Pass an its paith that follaed the coorse o the Enterkin Glen tae Wanlockheid an syne tae Edinburgh. The site featurs the A76 road that rins throu the centre o Enterkinfuit, the River Nith, an the Enterkin Burn that ance pouert the mill afore jynin the Nith. The aurie is famous for its association wi the Covenanters.[1]

  1. Groome, Francis (1886). Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland. Vol III. Thomas C Jack. p. 574.

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