Windshiels, Old Road

Explorer Tom Caldwell Burn in Dumfries and Galloway has medieval rig-and-furrow, which is basically ancient plough marks that look like a giant's handwriting scrawled across the hillside. There’s a local legend about a curse that only hits people who don't wave at it as they pass by, so be polite or suffer the consequences. The earth looks like it’s been combed with a very rusty fork and left there to dry.

Explorer Tom Shankend in Dumfries and Galloway is all about medieval rig-and-furrow, which looks like the ground got bored and started doing lines for a living. It thinks tourists from Dublin have absolutely no clue what they're looking at because they’re too busy taking selfies with the dirt. The furrows are just the earth’s way of saying 'I'm tired of being flat', but in a very pretentious tone.

Explorer Tom Winshields Hill is hoarding something in its post-medieval pocket, probably a biscuit tin with a very important map inside. It acts all mysterious, but we both know it’s just a hill being dramatic about its fencing. Don't look for gold; look for crumbs. Bring a map, get lost anyway, that's the fun.

Explorer Tom Hazelbank is full of hedges that probably know more gossip than any village elder could ever dream of telling you. I bet locals swear by a superstition that if you touch the fence at twilight, your luck changes for exactly one hour. Tell the next person you meet it's haunted. It might be.

Explorer Tom Fingland has a church and a spindle whorl, which is a great combo unless you’re trying to explain why a tiny spinning tool is more important than the building itself. I bet there’s a local dog who thinks he’s in charge of the whole site, barking at anyone who gets too close to the history. It’s got that rugged charm where the landscape does most of

Explorer Tom Spedlin's Tower thinks the wind picks on it because it looks too good standing there with its possible seventeenth-century garden. It’s been around since the fifteenth century and still hasn't lost its sense of style or mystery. Stand on the spot and imagine the gossip it's heard.

Explorer Tom Lochwood Castle is bragging about surviving a storm that probably just blew over a leaf. It’s a castle that acts like it’s been through war, when it’s really just had a damp winter. This structure stands there with its chin up, claiming glory for weather that any decent umbrella could handle. Pick a stone, any stone, and invent its biography.