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Camelon BridgeBurnt Mound (prehistoric) · 582 ydExplorer Tom Camelon Bridge burnt mound would win a county fair for best in show. It’s prehistoric and sitting in marshland that…
GatehouseBurnt Mound (prehistoric) · 703 ydExplorer Tom Camelon Lane has a local legend about a giant who used the burnt mound as a pillow, which explains the indentation. The…
Edgarton MoteFort (prehistoric), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 770 ydExplorer Tom Edgarton Mote is where the whole parish once argued about whether a prehistoric fort was actually just a big pile of…
Retreat WoodFarmstead · 847 ydExplorer Tom Retreat Wood started because two lads made a bet in the pub that they could find a hidden farmstead by midday. They…
CraigcroftFarmstead · 1266 ydExplorer Tom Craigcroft refuses to fall down because it thinks gravity is just a suggestion made by people who don't understand…
Edgarton LochBurnt Mound (prehistoric) · 1538 ydExplorer Tom Edgarton was built on a bargain where someone traded a potato for the right to heat stones until they cracked. This…
Laurieston, Church Road, Laurieston Free ChurchChurch (19th Century) - (20th Century), House (20th Century) · 1601 ydExplorer Tom Laurieston Free Church on Church Road hosted a dance that went too far, according to the local gossip. It’s been a…
Laurieston, Crockett MemorialCommemorative Monument · 1639 ydExplorer Tom Laurieston’s Crockett Memorial is standing there looking solemn, which is annoying because it’s really just a rock with…
Crockett MemorialMemorial · 1640 yd
Meikle DornellMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
White Top of CulreochMountain / peak · 4.5 mi
Gatehouse of Fleet, Girthon CemeteryCemetery (late 19th Century) · 6.2 miExplorer Tom Girthon Cemetery at Gatehouse of Fleet is recorded as late nineteenth-century, and I have persuaded my imaginary town…
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