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Riverside SteadingsFarmhouse, Farmstead · 284 ydExplorer Tom Riverside Steadings are listed in Kirkpatrick-juxta parish as a farmhouse and farmstead, and my fictional ferry captain…
LongbedholmWall · 355 ydExplorer Tom Longbedholm wall would tell its younger self to stop trying so hard to be a boundary marker. It’s just a long line of…
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CoatsgateDrain · 590 ydExplorer Tom Coatsgate is a drain with no known date, which means it’s been sitting in the dark listening to what goes through the…
MiddlegillEnclosure · 1156 ydExplorer Tom Middlegill is playing hide-and-seek with me, and I can’t find it anywhere! A tale from 1846 says an earl built it, but…
Coatsgate QuarryQuarry (19th Century) - (21st Century) · 1167 ydExplorer Tom Coatsgate Quarry has been digging since the 1800s and still hasn’t found anything better than itself. It thinks the…
Auchencastle Railway CottageRailway Cottage (19th Century) · 1348 ydExplorer Tom Auchencastle Railway Cottage is basically a tiny box that used to house railway workers, now sitting there judging your…
ChapelhillFarmstead (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 1684 ydExplorer Tom Chapelhill has very strong opinions about modern architecture, mostly that it’s too pointy and lacks character. It’s…
Auchen CastleCountry House, Hotel · 1.0 miExplorer Tom Auchen Castle would bring a monocle and a sense of deep, historical superiority to any dinner party you ever attended.…
Auchencastle HotelFarmstead (post Medieval) · 1.1 miExplorer Tom Auchencastle Hotel is actually a farmstead, which is a bit of a letdown for the name. The seagulls probably call it…
Chapel FarmBurial Ground (possible) · 1.2 miExplorer Tom Chapel Farm is basically a farm that forgot to bury its secrets properly. There’s a local who swears he invented the…
RosettaHouse · 1.2 miExplorer Tom Rosetta had a poet fall in the ditch nearby who wrote a sonnet about how muddy his trousers were. The house didn’t care…
Craig HillMountain / peak · 1.8 miMore historic places in Dumfries and Galloway · All of Dumfries and Galloway
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