Minnigaff

Minnigaff
Minnigaff
 Minnigaff shown within Dumfries and Galloway
Council areaDumfries and Galloway
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode district DG8
Dialling code 01671
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentDumfries and Galloway
Scottish ParliamentGalloway and Upper Nithsdale
List of places
UK
Scotland

Coordinates: 54°58′01″N 4°28′59″W / 54.966958°N 4.483167°W / 54.966958; -4.483167

Garlies Castle, Minnigaff
Kirkcudbrightshire, civil parish map

Minnigaff is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. Lead was discovered there in 1763 and mined about two miles from the village until 1839. [1]

Minnigaff is the birthplace of Sir James Mirrlees, winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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