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Borgue
Approach to Borgue from the east on the B727 road
Borgue Location within Dumfries and Galloway
OS grid reference	NX629484
Council area	Dumfries and Galloway
Lieutenancy area	The Stewartry of Kirkcudbright
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KIRKCUDBRIGHT
Postcode district	DG6 4xx
Dialling code	01557
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Dumfries and Galloway
Scottish Parliament	Galloway and West Dumfries
List of places UK Scotland 54°48′43″N 4°08′02″W / 54.812°N 4.134°W / 54.812; -4.134

Borgue (pronounced /ˈbɔrɡ/) is a village and parish in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies 5 miles south-west of Kirkcudbright and 6 miles south of Gatehouse of Fleet. The name Borgue (recorded as Borg in 1469) is from Old Norse borg 'stronghold'.^[1][2]

According to folk tradition, Borgue was once the home of a boy who could consort with the fairies.^[3]

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Within the parish, near Kirkandrews, and due west of the village of Borgue, is Castle Haven, an Iron Age hill fort of uncertain date which is deignated a scheduled ancient monument. ^[4][5].

Only about 10.5m x 18m in size, Castle Haven is of an unusual D-shape with an almost straight west wall running along the edge of a cliff. The fort is now overgrown and difficult to discern in the landscape, but a nearly concentric outer wall remains; the main entrance is in the arch segment to the north, while a smaller access at the south end leads down to the beach. Another peculiar characteristic of this fort is the almost totally hollow construction of the wall, which contains three galleries of different lengths within its thickness; six adits lead to the galleries. Steps lead to the top of the wall.

Artefacts found during restoration - two spiral bronze finger rings and a blue and white glass bead - indicate that its users were relatively prosperous. There were also fragments of an enamelled medieval brooch.

• The poet William Nicholson, the 'Bard of Galloway'
• Hugh Blair of Borgue, eccentric 18th century noble.
• George Cook, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1876, who was minister of Borgue
• John James Pringle (1855–1922), dermatologist
• Henry, Lord Dalziel (1868–1935), newspaper proprietor and MP
• Sir Robin Gray (1931-), Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1990 to 1993, who was born in Borgue
• Adam Gray, Local historian and author [2]^{[permanent dead link]}
• Randolph, Earl of Galloway (1928-), Scottish nobleman and the current earl of Galloway

List of listed buildings in Borgue, Dumfries and Galloway

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• Transcriptions and photographs of Gravestones in Borgue Parish

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