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Explorer Tom Glenmidge is like that awkward uncle at a wedding who refuses to sit down and keeps checking his watch while the speeches drag on forever. It’s a building with no era, basically an architectural mystery wrapped in a fence. You just stand there wondering if it’s hiding something or just shy. Go in good boots and better humour.
Explorer Tom Crawston Cottage is a 'possible' enclosure, which means it might be a cottage or it might be a pile of rocks that looks like one. The hero who saved it was probably a sheep that ate the ivy growing over the door. Bring a camera and your most suspicious face.
Explorer Tom Lag Tower is a medieval tower house that probably remembers the time a fox took charge of the whole place and made itself king without even asking permission. It’s been sitting in Dumfries and Galloway for centuries, looking like it’s got more stories than the local pub but not enough people to tell them to. The whole place feels like it’s waiting for someone to finally
Explorer Tom Snade is a medieval castle with an earthwork of unassigned period that probably has a made-up local legend about a giant who lost his trousers there and never found them again. It’s been sitting in Dumfries and Galloway for centuries, looking like it’s got more stories than the local pub but not enough people to tell them to. The whole place feels like it’s waiting for someone
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