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Garlieston got its name from Lord Garlies, Earl of Galloway, he built the village in 1760. He didn't lay the bricks himself, of course, he had a bit of help. His lordship could afford to pay for it. So Garlieston became one of the very first 'planned' villages in Scotland. The layout is pretty near a modern grid plan, with parallel streets and a seafront of two crescents.

The site chosen was idyllic, lying on the beautiful coast of Wigtown Bay on the Solway Firth. The harbour is almost completely sheltered, with the protection of the jagged rocks of Eggerness Point on one side, and Rigg Bay and Cruggleton on the other. The waterfront faces east, and so enjoys the morning sun rising across the bay. From the harbour wall, there are views of the distant hills of the Lake District in Cumbria.

Across the world In its heyday, Garlieston was the centre of marine trade between Liverpool, the Isle of Man, Glasgow and Whitehaven. Ships from Garlieston often traded as far afield as Canada and South America. Fishing and boat building also created considerable wealth for the village.
	Mulberry harbours During World War Two, Garlieston became the centre for building and testing the Mulberry Harbours used in the D Day landings on the Normandy Coast, and there are still several relics of these floating harbours nearby. A stone plaque on the harbour wall now commemorates the role played by Garlieston in the successful D Day invasion that led to the end of the war.