Kirkcudbrightshire

British

/ -ʃə, kɜːˈkuːbrɪˌʃɪə /

noun

a former county of SW Scotland, part of Dumfries and Galloway since 1975

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Susan DeVere set up the contest after she failed to sell Orchardton Castle, near Auchencairn, Kirkcudbrightshire.

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Also running up flag poles in 2016 were a banner for Kirkcudbrightshire and one for Denny and Dunipace in Stirlingshire.

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The Kirkcudbrightshire flag was organised to mark the Queen's 90th birthday.

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It also features a St Cuthbert's cross to reference the origin of the name Kirkcudbrightshire as the "shire of the church of Cuthbert".

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The landmark building - designed to look like a castle - was constructed in rural Kirkcudbrightshire in the early 1900s to house a herd of 12 cows.

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