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- Walter Baxter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Chris Newman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Andrya Prescott, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- derek menzies, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rab McMurdo, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Keir HillsMountain / peak · 943 yd.jpg/250px-The_Preaching_Stone_on_Breconside_Hill_(geograph_1808305).jpg "Photo: Walter Baxter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
Breconside Hill, Preaching StoneCovenanters Meeting Place (17th Century), Covenanters Stone (17th Century), Preaching Site (17th Century) · 999 ydExplorer Tom Breconside Hill Preaching Stone holds a fake world record for being ignored by people who are clearly too busy looking…
BeuchanCoin Hoard · 1137 ydExplorer Tom Beuchan in Dumfries and Galloway is a coin hoard that’s secretly proud of the single potato it grew next to it because…
PorterstownFarmhouse (19th Century) · 1567 ydExplorer Tom Porterstown started because two lads bet on who could build a farm out of pure spite. One lost, one won, and now we’ve…
Breconside HillCairnfield (prehistoric), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval), Settlement (prehistoric) (possible) · 1649 ydExplorer Tom Breconside Hill has a local who claims to have invented the hill itself, which takes some nerve when it’s been there…
NewmainsFarmhouse, Farmstead · 1658 ydExplorer Tom Newmains is a farmhouse that has been picked on by the wind for centuries because it simply stands too still in a…
Wauk HillMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Nether KeirTree · 1.2 miExplorer Tom Nether Keir is just one tree, but it acts like it’s the last of its kind, giving up on Lent by refusing to drop any…
Lagganpark HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Barjarg Limestone Mine and QuarryLimestone Quarry, Mine · 1.5 miExplorer Tom Barjarg has a limestone mine and quarry on the record in Keir parish, enough to make my fictional mason ask whether the…
Barjarg, LimekilnsClamp Kiln (18th Century), Lime Kiln(s) (18th Century) · 1.7 miExplorer Tom Barjarg Limekilns are eighteenth-century clamps that refuse to fall down because they are too proud to admit they are…
BoatcroftCottage(s) · 1.7 miExplorer Tom Boatcroft is where two families fought over who owned the best view of nothing in particular. They probably threw pies…
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