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ANWOTH, village and parish on south-west seaboard of Kirkcudbrightshire. The village stands on the Fleet opposite Gatehouse, and is suburban to that town. Pop. 337. The parish includes the peninsula between Fleet Bay and Wigton Bay, and is about 6i miles long. Acres, 11,774. Real property in 1880-81, 6797. Pop. 728. The coast is mostly flat, but partly rocky, and has 2 large caves. The interior is tumulated in the south and centre, and bold and barren in the north. The seats are Cardoness, Ardwall Kirkclauch, and Rusco. The present parochial church is modern, and contains 400 sittings. The previous church, a barn-like building, was served by the celebrated Samuel Rutherford, and is still standing. A granite obelisk to Ruther ford's memory was erected in 1842, destroyed by lightning in 1847, and rebuili in 1851, and makes a conspicuous figure on a neighbouring hill. A United Presbyterian church is in the village, but takes designation from Gatehouse. There are 3 schools for 235 scholars, and one of them, for 70, is new.
