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BridgendNatural Feature · 306 ydExplorer Tom Bridgend holds a fake world record for being the most ordinary natural feature in Dumfries and Galloway. It’s just a…
MeikleholmsideFarmhouse, Farmstead · 411 ydExplorer Tom Meikleholmside sounds like a place where the name really means 'the side of the big hole,' which is a bit of a stretch…
Holehouse LinnClearance Cairn, Settlement (iron Age) · 564 ydExplorer Tom Holehouse Linn hosted an Iron Age dance party where the music was just thunder and everyone got absolutely hammered by…
AshybankBurnt Mound (prehistoric) · 843 ydExplorer Tom Ashybank is a burnt mound where the wind keeps picking on it like an old relative. It’s prehistoric and still hasn’t…
Holehouse Linn, BridgeBridge · 913 ydExplorer Tom Holehouse Linn, Bridge has a very strong opinion of the road that leads to it, which is 'too bumpy.' It’s a bridge with…
Camp KnoweScooped Settlement (iron Age) · 918 ydExplorer Tom Camp Knowe hosted a dance in the Iron Age that went on so long the participants forgot how to stand up straight. It’s a…
GardenholmFarmhouse, Farmstead · 929 ydExplorer Tom Gardenholm is a farmhouse with no date, which suggests it was built by two lads who made a bet in the pub about who…
Moffat Fundamental Bench MarkFundamental Bench Mark (20th Century) · 946 ydExplorer Tom Moffat Fundamental Bench Mark is why the wind keeps picking on it, because it stands there looking so smug about being…
Gardenholm LinnMilestone (19th Century) · 993 ydExplorer Tom Gardenholm Linn is just a nineteenth-century milestone standing at Ruxton's Dump, looking profoundly unimpressed by…
Bushel BeckScraper (tool) (flint) · 1191 ydExplorer Tom Bushel Beck in Dumfries and Galloway is where a flint scraper was found, which is basically an ancient exfoliant for…
Granton HouseCountry House (19th Century), Gate Pier(s) (19th Century) · 1290 ydExplorer Tom Granton House would tell its younger self to stop worrying about the gate piers matching. It’s a proper spot for a…
Moffat, Moffat CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 1.6 miExplorer Tom Moffat Cemetery has a nineteenth-century entry in Kirkpatrick-juxta, and my make-believe historian has been told to…
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