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ByreburnFarmstead · 108 ydExplorer Tom Byreburn is a farmstead that inspired a bad poem by someone who was definitely not sober. The poem went something like…
ClaygateLade (18th Century) - (19th Century) · 214 ydExplorer Tom Claygate is an 18th and 19th-century lade, which is just a fancy word for a water channel that did its job really well.…
Gilnockie School War MemorialMemorial · 249 yd
Outer WoodheadTower House (medieval) (possible) · 708 ydExplorer Tom Outer Woodhead holds the unofficial world record for being possibly a tower house and possibly nothing at all. It’s the…
Gilnockie StationRailway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 1032 ydExplorer Tom Gilnockie Station is where the seagulls go to hold press conferences about how much they dislike being ignored. The…
Fairy Loup WaterfallWaterfall · 1132 yd
ByreburnfootBell Pit(s) (18th Century) - (19th Century), Colliery (18th Century) - (19th Century) · 1161 ydExplorer Tom Byreburnfoot is an 18th and 19th-century colliery that has developed a deep suspicion of the postman, probably because…
The TailFarmhouse, Farmstead · 1175 ydExplorer Tom The Tail sounds like something you'd find at the end of a very confused dog's walk. If it won the lotto, I bet it would…
OrchardFarmhouse, Farmstead · 1205 ydExplorer Tom Orchard would tell you after three pints that it once hosted a secret meeting between rival farming clans to divide the…
Byreburnfoot BridgeRoad Bridge · 1623 ydExplorer Tom Byreburnfoot Bridge is a road bridge that claims to have been invented by a local who swears he saw it appear out of…
Gilnockie CastleEarthwork (medieval) · 1686 ydExplorer Tom Gilnockie Castle is an earthwork where a fiddler allegedly played all night until the stones started dancing in…
Gilnockie TowerCarved Stone, Tower House (medieval) · 1.0 miExplorer Tom Gilnockie Tower would be the uncle at the wedding who stands in the corner judging everyone's dancing while holding a…
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