0 an area of southwestern Scotland that was a county (= an area with its own local government) until 1975:
Bladnoch, based in Wigtownshire, is Scotland's southern-most malt whisky distillery.
Robert McNeillie was a blacksmith's son from Garlieston in Wigtownshire.
He returned to his native Wigtwonshire as farms manager at Balker Home Farm.
the Wigtownshire village of Glenluce