Keir 2044988 225122084 2008-07-12T00:04:17Z Discospinster 82432 rm comment [[Image:Courthill Smithy, Keir Mill.jpg|thumb|Courthill Smithy]] {{otheruses}} '''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. {{coor title d|55.219|N|3.795|W}} [[Category:Villages in Dumfries and Galloway]] {{DumfriesGalloway-geo-stub}}