Little Knockbracks

Explorer Tom Kildonnan’s New Year’s resolution is to stop being such a typical medieval castle and start acting more like a modern holiday home. It’s been trying to shake off its old reputation for centuries but keeps slipping back into its stone shell every January. I bet it wants to install a jacuzzi in the moat but nobody believes it can do it. Bring

Explorer Tom South Kildonnan is a building where the first owner had an escape plan involving a rope and a very small boat that probably didn’t work out quite as well as hoped. It’s just sitting there in Dumfries and Galloway, looking like it’s seen every kind of failure you can imagine and survived anyway. Have a sandwich here and call it a heritage lunch.

Explorer Tom Caldonshill is where the whole parish probably argued over who found these bronze tools first, likely ending with someone throwing a shoe at the other. It’s got that high-stakes treasure hunt energy but without the actual treasure to justify the screaming and the pointing fingers. Stop the car, it's worth the hazard lights.