around the town.

History

The name "Sanquhar" comes from the Scottish Gaelic language An t-Seanchair, meaning "old fort". A 15th-century castle ruin overlooks the town, but the name predates even this ancient fort. The antiquary, William Forbes Skene even considered it the probable location of the settlement named Corda in Ptolemy's Geographia.

The ancient hill fort at

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