Anwoth is a settlement near the Solway Firth in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, southwest 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.
Samuel Rutherford, artist unknown, picture credit St Andrew's University
On a nearby hill, there is Rutherford's Monument, a 56-foot-high granite obelisk erected in 1842.[1][2]
Rutherfords Monument
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.
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 the building is being maintained.
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.[3][4]
Anwoth Kirk and Old School opposite were key locations for the 1973 cult film The Wicker Man.[5]
Anwoth Kirk
This area, with many references to Gatehouse of Fleet and Kirkcudbright is the location for most of Dorothy L. Sayers detective novel The Five Red Herrings.[6]
Anwoth is a settlement near the Solway Firth in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire, southwest Scotland, within a parish of the same name in the...
Anwoth Old Church is a ruined church building which was built in 1626 to serve the parish of Anwoth in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the...
Anwoth Parish Church was built in 1826 to serve the parish of Anwoth in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Designed by Walter Newall, it replaced Anwoth...
a town, half in the civil parish of Girthon, and half in the parish of Anwoth, divided by the river Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire, within the council administrative...
and Gordon families were of Cardoness Castle, Anwoth Parish and Rev. Rutherford was minister of Anwoth. After the union (1707) things mended slowly but...
towns of Stranraer, Gatehouse of Fleet, Newton Stewart, Kirkcudbright, Anwoth and Creetown in Galloway, as well as Plockton in Ross-shire. Some scenes...
with Euphame Hamilton, who afterwards became his wife. He was admitted to Anwoth Kirkcudbrightshire, Galloway in 1627, probably without Episcopal sanction...
Western District except the Anwoth and Girthon electoral division. The Western District had only contained four parishes, being Anwoth, Girthon, Kirkmabreck...
Duke of Modena to princess Adelgunde of Bavaria Rutherford's Monument Anwoth, Scotland United Kingdom 1842 54°52′37.71″N 4°12′10.39″W / 54.8771417°N...
Buteshire Mote of Mark, (Rockcliffe) near Rockcliffe; NX 845 540 Trusty's Hill, Anwoth, near Gatehouse of Fleet; NX 589 560 Tap o' Noth, Aberdeenshire; NJ 484...
it stretches north to the parishes of Minnigaff and Girthon, and west to Anwoth. Kirkmabreck also includes the small settlement of Carsluith, dominated...
most hymnals. Many of the omitted verses are about Anwoth, where Rutherford lived. Poetry portal Anwoth Hadden, James Cuthbert (1912). "Cousin, Anne Ross" ...
designed several Gothic churches, including those at Buittle (1818–19), Anwoth (1826–27), and Kirkpatrick Durham (1849–50). His Greek Revival-style villas...
Anglo-Scottish border Annan, Annan railway station Annandale, Annandale Water Anwoth Ardwell Auchen Castle Auchencairn, Auchencairn Bay Balcary Point Balmaclellan...
Environment Scotland, and is a scheduled monument. Around 1170 the lands of Anwoth were granted by Malcolm IV to David fitz Teri, a Cumbrian lord, who built...
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