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- Rab McMurdo, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Billy McCrorie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Leslie Barrie, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Mary and Angus Hogg, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Tryock BridgeMilestone (19th Century) · 338 ydExplorer Tom Tryock Bridge is just a milestone pretending to be a bridge, which is the kind of audacity that only the nineteenth…
Glenwhilly, Railway Signal BoxSignal Box (19th Century) · 443 ydExplorer Tom Glenwhilly Signal Box is older than your grandpa’s grandpa, and it probably remembers when the trains actually ran on…
Glenwhilly StationRailway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 500 ydExplorer Tom Glenwhilly Station would introduce itself as a 'retired romantic' who just wanted one last kiss before the tracks went…
GlenwhillyCairnfield (later Prehistoric) · 776 ydExplorer Tom Glenwhilly in Dumfries and Galloway has strict rules for visitors: no talking loudly, no touching the rocks, and…
Davenholme BurnStructure · 949 ydExplorer Tom Davenholme Burn has a New Year's resolution to flow more elegantly next year, but it usually fails by February when the…
MarklachFarmstead, Field System, Kiln · 960 ydExplorer Tom Marklach would explain the 1800s to a teenager by saying, 'Imagine your phone battery dying every time you tried to…
Dirniemow BridgeBridge · 1012 ydExplorer Tom Dirniemow Bridge has a retirement plan that involves becoming a very fancy garden bench by the lake. It’s currently…
GlenkittenQuarry (19th Century), Track (19th Century) · 1155 ydExplorer Tom Glenkitten in New Luce parish has a nineteenth-century quarry and track entry, and my imaginary quarry cat has declared…
Glenkitten FellCairnfield (prehistoric) (possible) · 1255 ydExplorer Tom Glenkitten Fell was once ruled by a goat named Brenda. She had very specific views on the placement of stones and…
SlickconerieBurnt Mound (prehistoric) · 1401 ydExplorer Tom Slickconerie’s name actually means ‘the place where your socks go to die,’ if you ask me. I made that up, but it sounds…
Eyes of KilfeddarFarmstead (post Medieval), Shieling Hut(s) (post Medieval) · 1634 ydExplorer Tom Eyes of Kilfeddar would complain to the council about the sheep wandering into its shieling huts, which are basically…
CraigbirnochCairnfield (later Prehistoric) · 1.7 miExplorer Tom Craigbirnoch is a cairnfield where a love story went badly wrong because the girl wanted to marry a hill and the boy…
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