The dark ruins of Torthorwald Castle. A 14th century tower house, on the site of a 12th century motte and bailey predecessor.
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The dark ruins of Torthorwald Castle squat on the horizon, framed by foreboding clouds. A 14th century tower house, on the site of a 12th century motte and bailey predecessor.
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A pair of small standing stones beside the Wren's Egg, a glacial erratic, aligned to the Midwinter Sunset, in the Machars of Galloway.
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Labyrinth near to the ruins of Dunure Castle, Ayrshire.
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Greenan Castle, near Ayr. The ruin of a 15/16th C tower house, on the site of a previous motte and bailey and promontory fort. Tales of family feuds and murder still resonate around this atmospheric cliff top ruin.
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Drumtroddan Standing Stones. The name means the ridge of the skirmish or quarrel.
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For 5000 years, Cairnholy Chambered Tomb has sat on this hillside, overlooking the Solway Firth, watching the centuries pass and still it is magnificent!
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Watcher of the skies.
The Wren's Egg, a glacial erratic accompanied by a pair of small standing stones, aligned to the Midwinter Sunset, in the Machars of Galloway.
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Monreith House, built by William Maxwell in 1791 and currently in the news due to its impending sale and auction of its contents. A great shame this could not have been saved for the good of the region.
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A twisted hawthorn tree at the Crook of Baldoon, looking out over the salt marsh of Wigtown Bay.
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Low tide at Auchenmalg Bay, once rife with smugglers. Barracks were built on the hillside overlooking the beach during the 18th century to combat illegal trade along this coast.
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Beside the seaside!
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Carscreugh Castle, near Glen Luce. The home of the Dalrymples before Inch Castle at Castle Kennedy and possible scene for the infamous event surrounding the tale of The Bride of Baldoon.
Read the full story: https://darkgalloway.wordpress.com/2022/05/29/the-bride-of-baldoon/
Kirk Oswald, near Maybole in Ayrshire. Named after Oswald of Northumbria, who supposedly won a battle here during the 7th C. The church contains the baptismal font of Robert the Bruce.
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The Maze at Gelston Castle as the sun sinks towards the horizon. Completed c.1805 by William Douglas (a plantation owner, rumoured to have amassed his fortune by privateering), near Castle Douglas in Galloway.
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A twisted hawthorn tree at the Crook of Baldoon, looking out over the salt marsh of Wigtown Bay.
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Low tide at Church Bay, Monreith.
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Inch Parish Church, near Castle Kennedy, Galloway. A Neo-Gothic, mid 19th century for the old church on the shore of the White Loch.
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Myrton Castle in the Machars of Galloway. Former home of the McCullochs and the Maxwells, built in the late 15th/early 16th C on the site of a wooden tower and motte.
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