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Closeburn, Railway Cottages

Railway Cottage(s) (19th Century)

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Closeburn, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 42 yd

Explorer Tom Closeburn War Memorial has heard stories about a poet who fell in the nearby ditch while trying to find inspiration…

CloseburnCinerary Urn · 337 yd

Explorer Tom Closeburn is a cinerary urn that has a made-up local legend about a giant who used it as a hat for his dog, which is…

Closeburn SchoolSchool · 467 yd

Explorer Tom Closeburn School is just a school with no name, which feels like a character in a bad mystery novel. It’s been sitting…

Closeburn Parish Church and Burial-groundBurial Ground (19th Century), Church (19th Century), Gate Pier(s) (19th Century), War Memorial(s) (20th Century) · 664 yd

Explorer Tom Closeburn Parish Church has a burial ground, gate piers, and a war memorial, making it the most complete package in…

Closeburn Old ChurchBurial Ground (medieval) - (post Medieval), Church (medieval) - (post Medieval), Covenanters Grave (18th Century), Mausoleum (18th Century), Bell (17th Century) · 676 yd

Explorer Tom Closeburn Old Church is a medieval relic with a 17th-century bell that probably hasn’t rung since the time of the…

Closeburn CemeteryCemetery · 801 ydCloseburn CastleTower House (medieval) · 1085 yd

Explorer Tom Closeburn Castle was nearly sold for a horse, which would have been a terrible trade. Now it’s just a medieval tower…

Closeburn Castle, GatepiersGate Pier · 1182 yd

Explorer Tom Closeburn Castle Gatepiers are playing hard to get in Dumfries and Galloway, refusing to tell us who built them. I bet…

Closeburn MainsFarm Building(s) (18th Century), Farmhouse (18th Century) · 1285 yd

Explorer Tom Closeburn Mains would walk into a job interview and say, 'Look, I’ve been doing this for two hundred years, can we skip…

BrownhillFarmhouse, Farmstead · 1331 yd

Explorer Tom Brownhill Farmhouse is sitting up there acting like it hosted a royal visit in 1843, which nobody can disprove because…

Trigony HouseEnclosure · 1359 yd

Explorer Tom Trigony House is an enclosure with an unknown period, but local legend says a fake royal visit happened here in 1842…

Firmuir PlantationWood · 1421 yd

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