Glencairn, Dumfries and Galloway

According to John Bartholomew's 1887 Gazetteer of the British Isles, the parish in west Dumfriesshire covered 30,083 acres (12,174 ha).

The parish included the village of Moniaive, and lay 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Thornhill station.

The small amount of flat land in the council area is vulnerable to flooding.

[3] First owned by the Dennistouns, it was passed by marriage to Clan Cunningham whose chiefs became the Earls of Glencairn in 1488.

The Gothic-style church was built in 1836 to a design by architect William MacCandlish of Dalry.

View of the Covenanter Monument in Moniaive Dumfriesshire to the Reverend James Renwick "born near this spot 15th February 1662 and executed at the Grassmarket Edinburgh 17th February 1688" with the Cairn Valley beyond.