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Gallows KnoweExecution Site (post Medieval) (possible) · 325 ydExplorer Tom Gallows Knowe in Dumfries and Galloway is a possible execution site where a giant might have once stood, according to…
LagganHut Circle (prehistoric) · 349 ydExplorer Tom Laggan’s second spot is famous for the terrible poem someone definitely scribbled on a stone there back then. Imagine…
Laggan BurnBuilding · 353 ydExplorer Tom Laggan Burn is listed as a building but sounds like a stream, which means either someone took a nap during the…
Standing Stones of NewtonChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 640 ydExplorer Tom “The Standing Stones of Newton ended up here because they got lost on the way to Stonehenge. It’s a Neolithic chambered…
MossyardUnidentified Flint(s) (flint) · 805 ydExplorer Tom Mossyard is full of flint that can’t decide what century it lives in. If it had to teach history, it would just throw…
Court KnoweCultivation Remains · 920 ydExplorer Tom Court Knowe would bring a single, very smug potato to any party it attended. It's cultivation remains with no date, so…
Auchenlarie BurnBoundary Bank(s) (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 1068 ydExplorer Tom Auchenlarie Burn is a boundary bank that started when two lads bet they could dig a line across the moor before sunset.…
Castle WilkieHuman Remains, Structure · 1228 ydExplorer Tom Castle Wilkie has human remains in the mix, which is basically how you explain the 1800s to a teenager who thinks…
Lane BurnEnclosure (medieval) - (post Medieval), Hut Circle (prehistoric) · 1301 ydExplorer Tom Lane Burn is stuck between being medieval and prehistoric, which explains why its personality is so chaotic. If it…
Garvellan RocksIslet · 1.1 mi
Mill KnockPen (post Medieval) · 1.1 miExplorer Tom "Mill Knock is a post-medieval pen that claims to be older than the hills around it. I bet you five pounds it's younger…
Wigtown BayBay · 2.0 miMore historic places in Dumfries and Galloway · All of Dumfries and Galloway
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