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English: Anwoth is a settlement near the Solway Firth in the Stewarty of Kirkcudbright, in South West Scotland, within a parish of the same name in the Vale of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway. Anwoth lies a mile (1.5 km) to the west of Gatehouse of Fleet.

Anwoth's most famous inhabitant was the Rev. Samuel Rutherford (c. 1600 - 1661), who was the minister at Anwoth Old Kirk from 1627 until 1636 when he was banished to Aberdeen. On a nearby hill, there is Rutherford's Monument a 56-foot-high granite obelisk erected in 1842. A millennium cairn opposite the monument lists the names of all the ministers of Anwoth and Girthon until the year 2000 when it was erected. The Old Kirk was in use until 1825, but is now just a ruin.

West Anwoth Parish Church was built in 1826 - 1827. It is a Walter Newall Gothic box-style church with tower and hood-moulded windows. It closed in 2002. The Church of Scotland sold the Church to a neighbouring family who now keep it as a hall for ceremonies and parties. The church was re-roofed in 2007 and is being kept in the best of condition.

An ancient fort on Trusty's Hill was occupied by Iron Age people and may have been attacked and burned by a Pictish raiding party, who carved a series of symbol stones in a rock beside the entrance passage.

Anwoth Kirk and Old School opposite were key locations for the 1973 cult film The Wicker Man.

Anwoth Kirk, with many references to Anwoth and specifically the Anwoth Hotel, is the location for most of Dorothy L Sayers detective novel "The Five Red Herrings".
Date Taken on 26 April 2017 13:36:07
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Author James Johnstone
Camera location54° 52′ 49.55″ N, 4° 12′ 39.97″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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