Haugh of Urr (/hɒx ... ɜːr/), is a village in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Scots haugh (also hauch, haw, halch) means 'river-meadow', i.e. a level piece of ground beside a stream, from Old English halh, healh 'corner, nook'.
[2] It has one public house, the Laurie Arms (which incorporates a part-time post office), one church (Church of Scotland), a village hall, a Scout hut, and a small village green.
The Urrbrae, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, was named after the village.
It is associated with Buittle Castle, dated to about 1230, which was destroyed early in the 14th century and belonged to Devorgilla and her husband John I de Balliol (founder of Balliol College, at Oxford University).