Bogrie, a hill and a old baronial fortalice in the N of Dunscore parish, W Dumfriesshire. The hill, 3½ miles S by E of Moniaive, has an altitude of 1416 feet above sea-level. The fortalice, standing on the hill's SE skirt, at a point where Glenessland Burn contracts to a narrow pass, confronts Sunday well fortalice, on the opposite side of the pass; belonged anciently to the family of Kirk;and, in the times of the persecution, afforded refuge frequently to Covenanters.
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