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'''Keir''', properly '''Keir Mill''', is a small village in the region of [[Dumfries and Galloway]], [[Scotland]], one mile south of [[Penpont]]. It was founded in the late eighteenth century.
The village was the birthplace of [[Kirkpatrick Macmillan]], the inventor of the [[bicycle]]. A plaque on his home, Courthill Smithy, commemorates this. He is buried in the churchyard of the [[parish]] church.
The church itself is in the [[Gothic_architecture|gothic]] style, of Capenoch [[ashlar]], and was built from 1813-1815. It features a pencil [[steeple]] and [[battlement]]ed [[tower]].
The other notable building in the village is the mill, built in 1771.
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[[Category:Villages in Dumfries and Galloway]]
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