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- Chris Wimbush, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Rab McMurdo, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- RH Dengate, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Birny RigRig and Furrow (post Medieval) · 356 ydExplorer Tom Birny Rig is post-medieval rig and furrow, which means it looks like someone combed the earth with a giant fork. The…
Druidhill BurnEarthwork, Coin (gold) · 635 ydExplorer Tom Druidhill Burn is basically a muddy stream that found a gold coin and now acts like it’s royalty. It’s got an earthwork…
Breconside HillSheepfold (19th Century) · 1244 ydExplorer Tom Breconside Hill has a sheepfold with a ghost who’s too lazy to haunt anyone properly; he just sits there looking bored.…
Breconside DodQuarry (19th Century) · 1428 ydExplorer Tom Breconside Dod has a nineteenth-century quarry entry in Durisdeer parish, and my fictional surveyor thinks ‘Dod’ must…
GlenwhernFarmstead, Field System · 1.0 miExplorer Tom Glenwhern had a matchmaker working there who convinced everyone the field system was a romantic gesture from the earth…
Glenwhern BurnBuilding · 1.3 miExplorer Tom Glenwhern Burn is a mysterious structure where the whole parish once argued about whether it was a shelter or just a…
Cairnkinna HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
MerklandFarmhouse, Farmstead · 1.4 miExplorer Tom Merkland Farmhouse is so unassigned that it’s basically a ghost with no birthday card. If it crashed a party, it’d sit…
HolehouseFarmhouse, Farmstead, Outbuilding(s) · 1.5 miExplorer Tom Holehouse is famous for a smuggling story where someone tried to hide a wheelbarrow in a hat. It’s a farmhouse complex…
ChanlockfootFarmhouse, Farmstead · 1.8 miExplorer Tom +“Chanlockfoot in Dumfries and Galloway is where a priest allegedly lost a bet over whether his hat could fly further…
Southern Upland Way (Section A - Portpatrick to Melrose)Walking route · 1.8 mi
Back WoodWood · 2.0 miMore historic places in Dumfries and Galloway · All of Dumfries and Galloway
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