Sanheid

Sanheid
Sanheid
	Sandhead Location within Dumfries an Gallowa
Cooncil area	Dumfries an Gallowa;
Lieutenancy area	Wigtoun;
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	Stranraer
Postcode destrict	DG9
Diallin code	01776-830
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	Dumfries and Galloway;
Scots Pairlament	Galloway and West Dumfries;
	Leet o places UK Scotland 54°48′N 4°57′W / 54.8°N 4.95°WCoordinates: 54°48′N 4°57′W / 54.8°N 4.95°W

Sanheid^[1] (English: Sandhead) is a smaw veelage in the historical coonty o Wigtounshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland.^[2] It leuks oot ower Luice Bay, 7 mile sooth o Stranrawer. The auld main road, name't "Main Street", rins throu the veelage, bit noo teh A716 road passes by it wi a narrae an twistin cairiagewey. The veelage developit as a strip veelage wi a smiddy an a schuil bi 1850, and the bay wis uised for laundin lime an later coal.

The veelage schuil is situatit abuin the veelage, an a bit north o the schuil is Balgreggan Motte that staunds abuin the A716. The motte wis the first in a line o early castles alang the eastren shore o the Rhins. The tap wis uised bi the Ryal Observer Corps durin Warld War II as a leukoot pynt, bit in earlier times the castle wis made fae wuid and wis inevitable burnt doun til the grund bi spulyin forces. The veelage is locatit near RAF West Freugh.

In 1902 the first wireless telegraph station wis estaiblisht atween Sagar Island in Indie an Sanheid.