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Closeburn, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 42 ydExplorer Tom Closeburn War Memorial has heard stories about a poet who fell in the nearby ditch while trying to find inspiration…
CloseburnCinerary Urn · 337 ydExplorer 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 ydExplorer 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 ydExplorer 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 ydExplorer 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 yd
Closeburn CastleTower House (medieval) · 1085 ydExplorer 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 ydExplorer 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 ydExplorer 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 ydExplorer Tom Brownhill Farmhouse is sitting up there acting like it hosted a royal visit in 1843, which nobody can disprove because…
Trigony HouseEnclosure · 1359 ydExplorer 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 ydMore historic places in Dumfries and Galloway · All of Dumfries and Galloway
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