Galloway

E58498
geographic region historic region

Galloway is a historic region in southwestern Scotland known for its rugged coastline, rural landscapes, and medieval ties to powerful Scottish clans.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Galloway canonical 62
Galloway region 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region ⓘ
historic region ⓘ
associatedAnimalBreed Galloway cattle ⓘ
borderedBy Ayrshire ⓘ
Dumfriesshire ⓘ
Irish Sea ⓘ
Solway Firth ⓘ
contains Galloway Forest Park ⓘ
Galloway Hills ⓘ
River Cree ⓘ
River Dee (Galloway) ⓘ
surface form: River Dee

Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ⓘ
surface form: Solway Coast

Wigtown Bay ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
economyHistoricallyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
livestock farming ⓘ
etymologyLanguage Goidelic ⓘ
surface form: Gaelic
formerStatus medieval lordship ⓘ
semi-independent principality ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Irish Sea ⓘ
Solway Firth ⓘ
hasNotableFeature coastal cliffs ⓘ
dark skies for astronomy ⓘ
granite uplands ⓘ
sandy bays ⓘ
hasSettlement Dumfriesshire ⓘ
surface form: Kirkcudbright

Newton Stewart ⓘ
Stranraer ⓘ
Wigtown ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Clan Douglas ⓘ
Clan Kennedy ⓘ
Norse-Gaelic rulers ⓘ
historicallyRuledBy Lord of Galloway ⓘ
surface form: Lords of Galloway
historicalPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
knownFor association with Scottish clans ⓘ
medieval history ⓘ
rugged coastline ⓘ
rural landscapes ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
surface form: Gaelic

Scots ⓘ
locatedIn United Kingdom ⓘ
southwest Scotland ⓘ
surface form: southwestern Scotland
modernAdministrativeContext Dumfries and Galloway council area ⓘ
partOf Dumfries and Galloway ⓘ
Southern Uplands ⓘ
religiousHistory early Christian sites ⓘ
medieval monasteries ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clan Douglas → associatedWithTerritory → Galloway ⓘ
Alexander II of Scotland → associatedPlace → Galloway ⓘ
Earl of Douglas → powerBase → Galloway ⓘ
Black Douglases → powerBase → Galloway ⓘ
Threave Castle → region → Galloway ⓘ
Marjorie, Countess of Carrick → historicalRegion → Galloway ⓘ
Malcolm IV of Scotland → assertedAuthorityOver → Galloway ⓘ
John Balliol → associatedWithPlace → Galloway ⓘ
Dumfries and Galloway council area → containsRegion → Galloway ⓘ
subject surface form: Dumfries and Galloway
Dunkeld dynasty → territorialExpansion → Galloway ⓘ
Galloway Hills → region → Galloway ⓘ
River Dee (Galloway) → locatedIn → Galloway ⓘ
River Dee (Galloway) → flowsThrough → Galloway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galloway region
Merrick → region → Galloway ⓘ
Carrick → partOf → Galloway ⓘ
Carrick → borders → Galloway ⓘ
Killing Times → historicalRegion → Galloway ⓘ
Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times → mainLocation → Galloway ⓘ
subject surface form: Killing Times
House of Balliol → heldLandsIn → Galloway ⓘ
Black Douglas branch → powerBase → Galloway ⓘ
Archibald the Grim, 3rd Earl of Douglas → regionRuled → Galloway ⓘ
Stranraer → region → Galloway ⓘ
southwest Scotland → historicalRegion → Galloway ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwest Scotland
William Douglas, 6th Earl of Douglas → associatedPlace → Galloway ⓘ
James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas → historicalRegion → Galloway ⓘ
Grace Growden Galloway → familyName → Galloway ⓘ
Joseph L. Galloway → familyName → Galloway ⓘ
Clan Stewart → region → Galloway ⓘ
Langston Galloway → familyName → Galloway ⓘ
Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland → hasRegion → Galloway ⓘ
subject surface form: Whithorn
Logan Botanic Garden → region → Galloway ⓘ
Galloway coast → locatedIn → Galloway ⓘ
Loch Ryan → region → Galloway ⓘ
Lord of Galloway → appliesToRegion → Galloway ⓘ
Lord of Galloway → powerBase → Galloway ⓘ
William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure → region → Galloway ⓘ
Dumfries and Galloway → containsRegion → Galloway ⓘ
Maxwell family → associatedRegion → Galloway ⓘ
historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire → locatedIn → Galloway ⓘ
subject surface form: Kirkcudbrightshire
historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire → historicRegion → Galloway ⓘ
subject surface form: Kirkcudbrightshire
Galloway Forest Park → region → Galloway ⓘ
Wigtown → partOf → Galloway ⓘ
Galloway cattle → placeOfOrigin → Galloway ⓘ
Archibald the Grim → heldTerritory → Galloway ⓘ
Wigtown Bay → locatedIn → Galloway ⓘ
Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas → heldLandIn → Galloway ⓘ
Margaret Stewart of Galloway → placeOfOrigin → Galloway ⓘ
Margaret Stewart of Galloway → regionOfActivity → Galloway ⓘ
Earls of Carrick → heldPowerIn → Galloway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galloway region
Clan Maxwell → associatedPlace → Galloway ⓘ