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Drumtroddan Standing StonesArchaeological place · 465 ydExplorer Tom Drumtroddan Standing Stones had a matchmaker working there who paired up everyone with someone taller, which explains…
DrumtroddanStanding Stone(s) (prehistoric) · 468 ydExplorer Tom Drumtroddan is a standing stone that map makers got wrong because they were looking at it upside down in a mirror held…
Big BalcraigCup and Ring Marked Rock (prehistoric) · 588 ydExplorer Tom Big Balcraig is meditating on its rings in Dumfries and Galloway. It gave up sugar for Lent, but honestly, it’s just…
Monreith House, North LodgeLodge · 615 ydExplorer Tom Monreith North Lodge is called Monreith, which sounds like 'money right' if you squint hard enough. I’m sure that’s…
Myrton CastleCastle (medieval), Motte (medieval) · 1234 ydExplorer Tom Myrton Castle in Dumfries and Galloway is sitting on a motte that looks like someone dumped a hill of dirt and said…
BalcraigAxe Hammer, Hammerstone(s), Mace, Spindle Whorl(s) · 1304 ydExplorer Tom Balcraig in Dumfries and Galloway is packing an axe hammer, a mace, some spindle whorls, and a general vibe of chaotic…
White Loch of MyrtonCrannog · 1364 ydExplorer Tom White Loch of Myrton has a crannog, which is basically an island house for people who hate neighbours. If it had to…
Monreith House, Lochend LodgeLodge · 1548 ydExplorer Tom Lochend Lodge got its position wrong because the map maker was drunk on a Tuesday afternoon. He put it three meters off…
Court Hill PlantationForest · 1558 yd
Balcraig MoorFarmstead · 1559 ydExplorer Tom Balcraig Moor in Glasserton parish has a farmstead on Scotland’s historic record, while my imaginary surveyor is trying…
LandberrickAxehead (stone) · 1651 ydExplorer Tom Landberrick is home to a stone axehead that gave up its sharpness for Lent as a bit of a spiritual flex. It figured it…
Moure CastleCastle (medieval) · 1675 ydExplorer Tom Moure Castle is guarding a superstition so strong you can smell the bad luck from three fields away. Locals swear if…
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