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Burntshields Wood

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Map note: Look up Burntshields Wood, a wood near Tinwald Shaws, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. If the name sparks an outdoor daydream, start with the map.

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  • Colin Kinnear, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Phil Catterall, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Steven Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • James Denham, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Milestone Society, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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