Cairn Hill, Barraer, Dumfries and Galloway

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Explorer Tom Barraer is a clearance cairn that’s secretly proud of the potato it grew in its shadow last Tuesday. It’s got no date…

Explorer Tom Barraer Fell saw a poet fall into a ditch nearby and now it refuses to speak to any other poets. It’s a field system…

Explorer Tom Barvennan is a 'possible' farmstead with a bird that refuses to leave, likely because it likes the view or just hates…

Explorer Tom Barvennan Cottage in Dumfries and Galloway is listed for sale, but the only interested buyer is a very confused cow.…

Explorer Tom Rolland Hill is an enclosure that has a rivalry with a much more famous hill, but it refuses to acknowledge it exists.…

Explorer Tom Meg's Craig is a sheepfold named after someone who probably never owned it. Saint Patrick would have looked at this…

Explorer Tom Drumterlie is guarding a hammerstone so lazy it wouldn’t even bother haunting the place properly, just lying there…

Explorer Tom High Moor of Killiemore is a farmstead that has a serious drama with the nearest tree; they’re both trying to be the…

Explorer Tom The Flow is a sheepfold with a rivalry issue! It probably thinks it’s way cooler than The Flow in the East End, but…

Explorer Tom Lurneoch is in a bitter rivalry with a more famous place down the road and losing badly every time. It’s just a…

Explorer Tom High Threave, Dumfries and Galloway. There was a feud with the next village over who had the best looking gorse bush…

Explorer Tom Barwhirran is an enclosure that probably hums along to its favourite song, which is definitely just the wind whistling…