Galloway Nature and Ancient Sites
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Nearby Areas:
- South Scotland
Cardoness Castle
- Galloway
- Historic
Cardoness Castle is a well-preserved ruin of a tower house dating from the 15th-century
Creetown Gem Rock
- Galloway
- Family
The Gem Rock is the leading independent museum of its kind in the UK and is renowned worldwide. Owned and run by the Stephenson family it is regarded as one of the finest private c
Bargany Gardens
- Galloway
- Mansion
A woodland garden with lily pond, kitchen garden and rock garden. Loudon admired the new planting in 1833, as he did the flued walls round the kitchen garden.
Whithorn Priory And Museum
- Galloway
- Historic
One of the earliest Christian sites in Scotland, Whithorn was traditionally held to be founded by St Ninian in the 5th or 6th century
Ardwell House gardens
- Galloway
- Mansion
Ardwell Gardens is a garden surrounding the 18th-century Ardwell House.
Maclellan's Castle
- Galloway
- Historic
Maclellan's Castle is the remains of a late 16th century noble residence
Glenluce Abbey
- Galloway
- Historic
Glenluce Abbey is now ruined but set in a extraordinarily peaceful atmospheric location
Portpatrick Lifeboat Museum
- Galloway
- Museum
Volunteers are the heart of the RNLI. We rely on more than 40,000 volunteers - on lifeboats, at stations, on beaches, and in fundraising. Some crew members and most lifeguards a
Castle of St John
- Galloway
- Mansion
The Castle of St John is a medieval tower house in the centre of Stranraer. It was built around 1500 by the Adairs of Kilhilt, one of the most powerful families in Wigtownshire.
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