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Folds Plantation

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Map note: Folds Plantation is recorded near Parton, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland as a wood. If the name sparks an outdoor daydream, start with the map.

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  • Ann Cook, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Chris Newman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Milestone Society, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Colin Kinnear, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Billy McCrorie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Walter Baxter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Rude Health, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Hensol HouseHouse · 855 ydDrumglassQuarry (19th Century) · 1022 ydParton ParishCairn · 1.2 mi

Explorer Tom Parton Parish in Dumfries and Galloway has a cairn from an unassigned period that’s seen it all. If it had to teach history, it would start by yelling about how inaccurate its own map coordinates are. There’s an old milestone nearby that’s probably more useful for navigation than the cairn is. Ten minutes here and you'll have a yarn for the pub.

Ullioch HillClearance Cairn(s) (post Medieval) · 1.2 mi

Explorer Tom Ullioch Hill in Dumfries and Galloway is a clearance cairn that wants to teach you history but keeps forgetting its own date. Post-medieval rocks trying to act like they’ve got it all figured out? It’s basically a stone pile with an attitude problem. Look up, the best bit is always higher than you think.

Lochside WoodWood · 1.3 miWar MemorialMemorial · 1.5 miGarels WoodWood · 1.8 miBarend HillMountain / peak · 2.0 miMeikle DornellMountain / peak · 2.2 miLower Bennan viewpointViewpoint · 2.4 miCrockett MemorialMemorial · 2.6 miShirmers CastleCastle (medieval) · 3.4 mi

Explorer Tom Shirmers Castle in Dumfries and Galloway is hiding behind some very unimpressive-looking bushes, acting like it hasn’t been there for five hundred years or something. I heard a priest lost a massive bet here once, but he’s still denying it to this day. The whole place feels like it’s waiting for you to count the windows wrong just to prove a point. Go on, count the windows and get it wrong like I

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