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Historic Attractions in Dumfries & Galloway
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Gatehouse of Fleet, Castle Douglas, DG7 2EH
This 15th century tower house stands on a rocky platform above the Water of Fleet. Ancient home of the McCullochs with...
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Newton Stewart, DG8 0AF
Founded in 1192, the ruins of this Cistercian house occupy a site of great natural beauty. Handsome early 16th century...
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Nr Stranraer, Scotland, UK
In days of sail this was the main Scottish port for the Galloway-Ulster ferry. Despite efforts to improve the harbour the...
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Sandhead, Nr Stranraer, Scotland, UK
At Kirkmadrine are some of the oldest Christian stones in Scotland. They date from the 5th century to 12th. A century ago...
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Nr. Palnackie, Dumfries, DG7
An extraordinary round tower-house, it was built in the late 15th century. There are at least 23 similar buildings in...
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Dumfries, DG1 4RU
One of the finest castles in Scotland, surrounded by moats it has stood guard over the Solway Firth for more than 400 years.
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Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, DG7 1TJ
A massive tower, situated on an island in the River Dee, built by Archibald the Grim, and later a stronghold of the Black...
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Annan, Nr. Dumfries, Scotland, UK
The Ruthwell Cross is a magnificent 18ft stone Anglo-Saxon preaching cross; a major monument of early medieval Europe,...
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Nr Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland, UK
Regarded as a retreat used by St Ninian, the cave was once a place of pilgrimage. Cut into the rock are seven small...
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Dalbeatie, Dumfriesshire, DG2 8
This substantial tower house was built about 1570, probably by Edward Maxwell. The windows were enlarged in the 18th...
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Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4QH
The beautiful ruins, amid a peaceful setting, of a Cistercian Abbey founded in 1142. Mary Queen of Scots spent her last...
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by Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway, DG8
Several groups of cup-and-ring markings can be seen on the rock outcrops in this open field at Drumtroddan. The carvings...
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Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, DG3 4AQ
Ancient Douglas stronghold and home of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry., Drumlanrig, completed in 1691, is the...
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Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, DG2
One of the earliest lighthouses in Scotland, it was built in 1748-49 to help guide ships up the Nith estuary to the...
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Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK
Two most impressive chambered cairns, c 2500 BC, with extraordinary facades of tall standing stones.
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| 1 | Cardoness Castle (HS) | Gatehouse of Fleet, Castle Douglas, DG7 2EH | |
| 2 | Glenluce Abbey (HS) | Newton Stewart, DG8 0AF | |
| 3 | Portpatrick Harbour | Nr Stranraer, Scotland, UK | |
| 4 | Kirkmadrine Early Christian Stones (HS) | Sandhead, Nr Stranraer, Scotland, UK | |
| 5 | Orchardton Tower (HS) | Nr. Palnackie, Dumfries, DG7 | |
| 6 | Caerlaverock Castle (HS) | Dumfries, DG1 4RU | |
| 7 | Threave Castle (HS) | Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, DG7 1TJ | |
| 8 | Ruthwell Cross (HS) | Annan, Nr. Dumfries, Scotland, UK | |
| 9 | St Ninian's Cave (HS) | Nr Whithorn, Wigtownshire, Scotland, UK | |
| 10 | Drumcoltran Tower (HS) | Dalbeatie, Dumfriesshire, DG2 8 | |
| 11 | Dundrennan Abbey (HS) | Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4QH | |
| 12 | Drumtroddan Prehistoric Rock Carvings (HS) | by Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway, DG8 | |
| 13 | Drumlanrig Castle & Country Estate | Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, DG3 4AQ | |
| 14 | Southerness Lighthouse | Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, DG2 | |
| 15 | Cairnholy Chambered Cairns (HS) | Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, UK |
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