Dormont Plantation

Explorer Tom Harelaw School would order triple chips and mush if it had a chipper downstairs. The name is long enough to make you feel like you've just finished a dissertation. Look serious, nod slowly, you're basically an expert now.

Explorer Tom Penton Bridge is standing there with no birth date, acting like a mystery novel that never got written. It’s a road bridge that refuses to tell us when it crossed the water first. You could invent a prophecy about it crumbling in 1954, but it just kept on trucking anyway. Spot the oldest stone and give it a name.

Explorer Tom Harelaw Hill is a prehistoric enclosure built by people who clearly had no sense of humor. They probably thought 'Hare Law' was a good name for their neighborhood plan. It’s been sitting there since before written history, just waiting to be discovered. If it rains, blame me.

Explorer Tom Caulside has medieval rig and furrow patterns that Saint Patrick would have probably used for his garden borders if he’d had the time to dig them properly. It’s a farmland site that looks like it’s been tidied up by someone who only has five minutes before work. Bring biscuits, every good story needs biscuits.

Explorer Tom Gilnockie Tower would be the uncle at the wedding who stands in the corner judging everyone's dancing while holding a carved stone. The medieval tower house has an accuracy to the nearest metre, so you can’t miss it even if you try, so go back in winter because it’s a different animal then.