Dunragit

About Dunragit

It is heavily overgrown, quite difficult to find and there is not much to see, but it was a stone-built structure with an entrance through a straight passage at the inner end of which must have been a second gate. A thickening of the wall to the west of the outer gate indicates the position of a gate tower. An outer rampart encircles the base of the hill except on the steep slope of the east side. The name derives from Dun Rheged and it was the western-most of three 6th century Rheged power centres in Galloway. The other two are Trusty’s Hill and Mote of Mark.

Directions: Round Dounan is fairly difficult to find and there is not a lot to see as the site is heavily overgrown. It is on the North side of the A75, about 9 miles South East of Stranraer. From the information board, either continue up the road, keeping left through the houses and then into the woods (following the path to the Round Dounan) or continue along the the main road, turning right at the white house (signposted Glenwhan Gardens and Tearoom) and follow the road until you approach the top of the hill. The small path to the Round Dounan is on your right.