Ruins & Obscure History

Due to access restrictions in place, there is currently no visitor access to the castle.

Cairn Holy Chambered Cairns is a pair of burial sites sitting on the slopes of Cairnharrow in the Galloway Hills overlooking the Solway Firth.

Whithorn Priory ruins are the remains of one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Scotland.

Stobs Camp was a prisoner of war camp during the First World War.

The outdoor concrete scale model of Scotland is a category B listed building and based at Barony Castle Hotel. It was built between 1974 and…

Built in the Iron Age, possibly by peoples from the north of the Forth, Bow Broch was probably destroyed by the Romans

Smailholm’s 20m-tall tower house, its walls 2.5m deep, dominates a rocky craig.

Walk in the footsteps of early Christian pilgrims at this ruined chapel, named for St Columba’s tutor.

The Routin' Brig at Kirkpatrick Irongray was the historic crossing point from Kirkcudbrightshire into Dumfriesshire.

A half mile walk into the hills brings you to these ancient stones. They are the focus of a dramatic rideout in the annual Festival…

The small square tower is actually located within a small pre-Roman fort sitiated at the tip of the peninsula, with multiple defences on the land-ward…

Crawick Multiverse is an amazing land art installation to explore and enjoy cosmology, science and art or just to walk your dog in the beautiful…

Although it was once part of the medieval hospital church, Soutra Aisle became the family burial place of the Pringles

This Neolithic Stone Circle is the largest in mainland Scotland containing 11 of the original stones.