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Cardoness Castle © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland. www.historicscotlandimages.gov.uk
Cardoness Castle (HS)

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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Glenluce Abbey © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland. www.historicscotlandimages.gov.uk
Glenluce Abbey (HS)

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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Portpatrick Harbour - image supplied by Eric Lucas
Portpatrick Harbour

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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  • Kirkmadrine Early Christian Stones © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland. www.historicscotlandimages.gov.uk
    Kirkmadrine Early Christian Stones (HS)

    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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  • Orchardton Tower © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland. www.historicscotlandimages.gov.uk
    Orchardton Tower (HS)

    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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  • Caerlaverock Castle © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland. www.historicscotlandimages.gov.uk
    Caerlaverock Castle (HS)

    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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    Threave Castle © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland. www.historicscotlandimages.gov.uk
    Threave Castle (HS)

    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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    Ruthwell Cross © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland. www.historicscotlandimages.gov.uk
    Ruthwell Cross (HS)

    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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  • St Ninian's Cave © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland. www.historicscotlandimages.gov.uk
    St Ninian's Cave (HS)

    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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  • Drumcoltran Tower © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland. www.historicscotlandimages.gov.uk
    Drumcoltran Tower (HS)

    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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  • Dunrennan Abbey © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland. www.historicscotlandimages.gov.uk
    Dundrennan Abbey (HS)

    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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    Drumtroddan Prehistoric Rock Carvings (HS)
    Drumtroddan Prehistoric Rock Carvings (HS)

    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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  • Drumlanrig Castle & Country Estate
    Drumlanrig Castle & Country Estate

    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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  • Southerness Lighthouse
    Southerness Lighthouse

    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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  • Cairnholy Chambered Cairns © Crown Copyright Historic Scotland. www.historicscotlandimages.gov.uk
    Cairnholy Chambered Cairns (HS)

    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 4 stars
    2 Glenluce Abbey (HS) Newton Stewart, DG8 0AF 4 stars
    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 5 stars
    7 Threave Castle (HS) Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, DG7 1TJ 4 stars
    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 4 stars
    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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