Whithorn to Rispain

Whithorn to Rispain Camp is a short walk, leaving from a gate behind the Whithorn Priory Church on Bruce Street, and going across country to Rispain, an Iron Age fortified farmstead.

There are options to continue the walk to the south through woodland (known as New England plantation) and to Claymoddie. Local people also take a northwards dogleg on an informal woodland path from Rispain shelter belt towards California farm. The walk is not demanding, but may sometimes be muddy in winter; some stretches are fenced and cattle may be present.

On Rispain, the walk turns north through woodland and then across a bridge towards the Iron Age camp. If you choose to cross to New England, the walk is across another small bridge and through the shelter belt towards Claymoddie farm, where you may either walk to Whithorn on the road, or go onwards to St Ninian’s Cave and the coast to the south.