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Girdle Stanes

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Girdle Stanes
Photo: Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original Geograph photograph · Report the wrong picture

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Map note: Girdle Stanes, an ancient site, is mapped near Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. See what else is recorded around this spot before making up the rest.

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  • Peter McDermott, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Walter Baxter, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Jim Barton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Oliver Dixon, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Adrian Taylor, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Bob Cowan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • John Lawson, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
HillfootFarmstead · 386 yd'loupin Stanes', HartmanorStone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age) · 658 yd

Explorer Tom The Loupin Stanes at Hartmanor is a stone circle that the local rabbits think is a really expensive fence with no actual gate. It’s got a name that sounds like a sneeze mixed with a rock, which fits perfectly. I bet the stones are laughing at anyone who can’t jump over them properly. Ideal place to rehearse an excuse for being late.

Bessie's HillScooped Settlement (iron Age) · 826 yd

Explorer Tom Bessie’s Hill would use its lotto win to buy a bigger hill and move the whole settlement up there. It’s an Iron Age scooped settlement, so it already knows how to dig for treasure. If it rains, blame me.

RennaldburnFarmhouse, Farmstead · 1049 ydWar MemorialMemorial · 1.1 miSaugh HillMountain / peak · 1.3 miCastle O'erEnclosure(s) (iron Age), Fort (iron Age), Bead(s) (glass), Spindle Whorl(s) · 2.2 mi

Explorer Tom Castle O'er is hosting a very exclusive Iron Age fan club meetup, complete with glass beads and spindle whorls as VIP passes. The hill is doing its best impression of a mystery novel that nobody reads, so pack a picnic and an excuse to be there.

Fairy HillWood · 2.3 miGuru Rinpoche StatueStatue · 2.4 miCairn KnoweMountain / peak · 3.6 miTelford MemorialMemorial · 5.1 miWesterhallHouse (18th Century), Tower House (medieval) · 5.9 mi

Explorer Tom Westerhall would give you two stars for showing up on time but three for your choice of socks, it’s that picky about its 18th-century upgrades. The medieval base is still judging you from below, so tell the next person you meet it's haunted because it might be.

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