Stoneykirk (Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais Steafain) is an area and a village in the heart of the Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire, in the administrative council area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland nearly 10 miles (16 km) in length and 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) in breadth, bounded on the east by the bay of Luce, and on the west by the Irish Channel, 5 miles (8 km) south of Stranraer.
The area is about 21,500 acres (8,700 ha), of which 19,000 acres (7,700 ha) are arable, 375 acres (152 ha) woodland and plantations, and the remainder, whereof 1,100 acres (450 ha) might be reclaimed, moorland.[1]
Stoneykirk has a community council [2]
Knockinaam Lodge, Port Spittal, Stoneykirk, because of its remoteness was the location for a secret meeting between Sir Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower during the Second World War to discuss the D-Day plans.
The A716 runs through part of the village, and a local coach firm, McCulloch's Coaches, is based in the village
James King 407 Service provides a bus link north to Stranraer and south to Sandhead and Drummore[3]
Sandhead overlooks Luce Bay that was used for landing lime and coal.
^A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland. Samuel Lewis
^"Community Councils". Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Archived 26 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^"Bus Services". Archived from the original on 22 April 2008.
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