
What is recorded here
Dalpeddar is a medieval burial ground, chapel and tower house in Dumfries and Galloway. It is the kind of place where prayer, birth, marriage and death all happened inside one small stone circle before leaving the world behind. The tower may have watched the land, guarded a family or simply helped someone remember that heaven and home can occupy the same address.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dalpeddar as Burial Ground (medieval), Chapel (medieval), Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
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Photo: Alan O'Dowd · CC BY-SA 2.0