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Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway (Scots: Cooncil o Dumfries an Gallowa; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh, pronounced [d̪̊unˈfɾʲiʃ aɡ̊əs̪ əŋ ɡ̊auɫ̪ɣəɫ̪əv]) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. To the north, it borders onto South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire;...
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Lockerbie
Lockerbie (Scottish Gaelic: Logarbaidh) is a town in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. It lies approximately 75 miles from Glasgow, and 20 miles (32 km) from the English border. It is a small town, with a population of just...
Dumfries
Dumfries (pronounced /dəmˈfriːs/ dəm-FREES) (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phris) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland and is situated close to the Solway Firth, near the mouth of the River Nith....
Ruthwell
Ruthwell is a village and parish on the Solway Firth between Dumfries and Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Ruthwell's most famous inhabitant was the Rev. Dr. Henry Duncan. He was a minister, author, antiquarian, geologist, publisher,...
Ecclefechan
Ecclefechan (Eaglais Fheichein in Gaelic)(Eglwys Fechan - small church in Brythonic and modern Welsh) is a small village in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway.
Ecclefechan, known as "Fechan" to the local residents, has two shops, one of...
Wigtown
Wigtown (Gd: Baile na h-Uige) is a town and former royal burgh in the Machars of Galloway in the south west of Scotland , south of Newton Stewart and east of Stranraer. It has a population of about 1,000. It is well known today as Scotland's...
Sanquhar
Sanquhar (Gd: An t-Seann Chathair) is a town in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway, on the River Nith. It lies north of Thornhill and west of Moffat. It is a Royal Burgh.
Sanquhar is the name of both a parish and the town, that is at its...
Stranraer
Stranraer (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sròn Reamhar, pronounced [ən̴̪ t̪ɾɔːn ɾãũ.əɾ]) is a town in the south of Scotland in the west of the region of Dumfries and Galloway and in the county of Wigtownshire.
Stranraer lies on the shores of Loch Ryan on the...
Gretna Green
Gretna Green is a village in the south of Scotland famous for runaway weddings. It is in Dumfries and Galloway, near the mouth of the River Esk and was historically the first village in Scotland, following the old coaching route from London to...
Kirkcudbright
Kirkcudbright, (pronounced /kərˈkuːbriː/ kirr-KOO-bree; Scottish Gaelic: Cille Chuithbeirt) is a town in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway.
The town lies south of Castle Douglas and Dalbeattie, in the part of Dumfries and Galloway known...
Castle Douglas
Castle Douglas (Gd: Caisteal Dhùghlais), a town in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway, lies in the eastern part of Galloway known as the Stewartry, between the towns of Dalbeattie and Gatehouse of Fleet.
Castle Douglas is built next to...
Moniaive
Moniaive is a village in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway, near Thornhill, on the A702 road and B729 road. Population 520 (2004). The name is from Gaelic monadh-abh and means "Hill of Streams". It is situated at the northern end of the...
Thornhill
Thornhill is a town in the Mid Nithsdale area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, south of Sanquhar and north of Dumfries.
It has a population of roughly 2,600 people and was formally founded in 1664 as a burgh of barony, although the town itself is...
Whithorn
Whithorn (Taigh Mhàrtainn in Gaelic) is a former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about ten miles south of Wigtown. The town was the location of the first recorded Christian church in Scotland, Candida Casa : the 'White [or 'Shining']...
Newton Stewart
Newton Stewart (Gd: Baile Ur nan Stiùbhartach) is a burgh town in the south of Scotland in the west of the region of Dumfries and Galloway and in the county of Wigtownshire.
The town lies around the River Cree with the majority of the town to the...
Moffat
Moffat (Scottish Gaelic: Am Magh Fada) is a former burgh and spa town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, lying on the River Annan, with a population of around 2,500. The most notable building in the town is the Moffat House Hotel, designed by John...
Langholm
Langholm, also known colloquially as the "Muckle Toon", is a burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on the River Esk and the A7 road.
The town grew around the textile industry, but is now best-known as the birthplace of Hugh MacDiarmid and Thomas...
Drumlanrig Castle
Drumlanrig Castle is a large country house near to Thornhill in Dumfries and Galloway in South-West Scotland. It is owned by the Duke of Buccleuch. Despite its name it is actually a baroque country house, and had no military function, although two...
Gretna
Gretna (Scottish Gaelic: Greatna) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Because they are near the Anglo-Scottish border, nearby Gretna Green and to a lesser extent Gretna, are historically linked to weddings because of the more liberal...
Portpatrick
Portpatrick (Gd: Port Phàdraig) is a village hanging on to the extreme south-westerly tip of mainland Scotland, cut into a cleft in steep cliffs.
Dating back historically some 500 years, and built adjacent to the ruins of nearby Dunskey Castle, its...
Ae
Ae is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland.
It is between the Water of Ae and the Goukstane Burn after they have flowed out of the Forest of Ae. By repute it is the shortest toponym in the United Kingdom.
Founded by the Forestry...
New Galloway
New Galloway (Gd: Baile Ur Ghall-ghaidhealaibh) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway Region, southwest Scotland. It lies on the west side of the valley of the Water of Ken, a mile north of the end of Loch Ken. Before the local government reform of...
Sandhead
Sandhead is a small village in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. It overlooks Luce Bay, 7 miles south of Stranraer. The old main road, named "Main Street", runs through the village, but the A716 now bypasses it with a narrow and twisting...
Penpont
Penpont is a small village in the region of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, two miles west of Thornhill.
It is situated near the confluence of the Shinnel Water and Scaur Water rivers in the foothills of the Southern Uplands, and has a population...
Drummore
Not to be confused with Drummuir, north east Scotland
Drummore (from the Gaelic: see below) is a village at the southern end of the Rhins of Galloway in Scotland: it has two satellite clachans, called Kirkmaiden and Damnaglaur. The village lies...
Keir
Keir, properly Keir Mill, is a small village in the region of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, one mile south of Penpont. It was founded in the late eighteenth century.
The village was the birthplace of Kirkpatrick Macmillan, the inventor of the...
Millhousebridge
Millhousebridge (Gd: Drochaid a' Mhuilinn) is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies on the River Annan, and is situated 4 miles northwest of Lockerbie. It is a small village with a population of just under 100. There is an old house...
Wanlockhead
Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland nestling in the Lowther Hills at the head of the Mennock Pass, which forms part of the Southern Uplands. It is Scotland's highest village at 467 m (1531 ft) and can be accessed via the B797...
Gatehouse of Fleet
Gatehouse of Fleet (Gd: Taigh an Rathaid) is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, which has existed since the mid-1700s, although the area has been inhabited since much earlier. Much of its development was attributable to the entrepreneur...
Lochmaben
Lochmaben (Gaelic: Loch Mhabain) is a small town in Scotland, and site of a once-important castle. It lies four miles west of Lockerbie, in Dumfries and Galloway.
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The name Loch Mhabain is possibly a...
Cairngaan
Cairngaan, Dumfries and Galloway, is the southmost settlement in Scotland. The hamlet of Cairngaan lies just north of the Mull of Galloway (which contains Scotland's most southerly point, and a lighthouse, but no villages) on the B7041, after a turn...
Creetown
Creetown, originally Ferrytown of Cree (Gd: Port Aiseig a' Chrìch), is a small seaport town of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Its population is about 750 people. It is situated near the head of Wigtown Bay, 18 mi. west of Castle Douglas. It was...
Glenluce
Glenluce (Gaelic: Clachan Ghlinn Lus, pronounced [kɫ̪axan ɣliɲˈɫ̪us̪]) is a village in the Scottish area of Dumfries and Galloway.
Located on the A75 road between Stranraer and Newton Stewart it is in the traditional county of Wigtownshire....
Threave Castle
Threave (or Thrieve, or Treve) Castle is situated on an island in the River Dee, 2.5km (1.5miles) west of Castle Douglas, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was the home of 'Black' Douglas Earls of Douglas from the late 14th century until their...
Orchardton Tower
Orchardton Tower, is a ruined tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. It is located 4 miles (6.1km) south of Dalbeattie, and 1 mile (1.7km) south of Palnackie, in Buittle parish. It is remarkable as the only round tower house in...
Clatteringshaws Loch
Clatteringshaws Loch is a reservoir in the Dumfries and Galloway district of southern Scotland. It was created by damming the Galloway River Dee as part of the Galloway Hydro Electric Scheme.
The Forestry Commission maintain a visitors' centre by...
Terregles
Terregles is a village and parish near Dumfries, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the former county of Kirkcudbrightshire.
The name Terregles is said to be a corruption of Brythonic Tir-eglwys (Latin terra ecciesici, that is, Kirk land...
Kippford
Kippford (otherwise Scaur) is a small village along the Solway coast, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Kippford stretches along the banks of the Urr estuary and in places is only one house wide, being hemmed in between the forested Mark hill ...
Eskdalemuir
Eskdalemuir (moor of the valley of the River Esk) is a civil parish and small village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, with a population of 265.
The area consists of high wet moorlands chiefly used for sheep grazing and forestry plantation....
Twynholm
Twynholm is a small village in Kirkcudbrightshire, Dumfries and Galloway. It is located 3km (1.8 miles) north-north west of Kirkcudbright.
Twynholm is best know for being the home town of F1 racing driver David Coulthard. A museum to his career was...
Beattock
The village of Beattock is located in the southern lowlands of Scotland, and lies within the administrative area of Dumfries and Galloway. It was an important stabling point for horses in the olden days with a coach house at one end of the village....
Carsphairn
Carsphairn (Gaelic: An Còrsa Feàrna) is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located about half way between Dalmellington and St. John's Town of Dalry, next to the A713 road. Carsphairn annual sheep show is held in the village. Nearby...
Dundrennan
Dundrennan (Gaelic: Dun Droighnein) is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about five miles east of Kirkcudbright. Its population is around 230. It is most notable for the ruins of Dundrennan Abbey, a 12th century Cistercian monastery. The...
Anwoth
Anwoth is a settlement near the Solway Firth in the Stewarty of Kirkcudbright, in South West Scotland, within a parish of the same name in the Vale of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway. Anwoth lies a mile (1.5 km) to the west of Gatehouse of Fleet....
Eastriggs
Eastriggs is a village in the south of Dumfries and Galloway. It has a small number of shops, a restaurant, post office, public house, working men's club and a church. Eastriggs Primary School, which feeds to Annan Academy, acts as a communal centre...
Johnstonebridge
Johnstonebridge is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
It is roughly halfway between Moffat and Lockerbie, and lies on the A74(M) motorway. The Annandale Water Services on the motorway are in Johnstonebridge; prior to the construction of...
Newton Wamphray
Newton Wamphray is a village in Dumfries and Galloway. Wamphray is the name of the surrounding parish and of the Wamphray Water, which flows south-west through the Wamphray Glen to join the River Annan near the small village, or hamlet, of Newton....
Loch Ken
Loch Ken is 9-mile long freshwater loch in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the Glenkens, where it is fed from the north by the Water of Ken and from the west by the Dee. It continues as the Dee south from Glenlochar, where the water is...
Amisfield Tower
Amisfield Tower is an impressive, well-preserved castle about 5 miles north of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The castle, also known as Hempisfield Tower, is still occupied.
The location of Amisfield Tower is at NX992838.
There has...
Sorbie Tower
Sorbie Tower is a fortified tower house 1 mile east of the village of Sorbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
The ancient seat of the Clan Hannay, it is in an L-shaped format, rubble-built in the late sixteenth century, possibly by Patrick Ahannay....
Cairnsmore of Fleet
Cairnsmore of Fleet is a mountain in the Scottish Lowlands, on the edges of Galloway Forest Park. It is home to the most extensive area of open moorland in Galloway, and has been designated as a biosphere reserve.
Cairnsmore of Fleet is an...
Criffel
Criffel is a mountain in southern Galloway, Scotland. It is 570 metres high but appears higher because of its great isolation and high relative height — it is the eighth most prominent hill in Southern Scotland. It is a prominent feature in many of...
Corserine
Corserine is the highest point of the Rhinns of Kells range in the Southern Uplands of southern Scotland. The usual route of ascent is from the car park at Forest Lodge to the east of the hill via Loch Harrow and North Gairy Top. Forest Lodge is a...
Loch Ettrick
Loch Ettrick is a body of water near Thornhill and Ae, Dumfries and Galloway, in the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
Borgue, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright
Borgue (pronounced "Borg") is a village in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. It lies 5 miles south-west of Kirkcudbright and 6 miles south of Gatehouse of Fleet.
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Cairnsmore of Carsphairn
Cairnsmore of Carsphairn is a 797m high hill in the Southern Uplands of southern Scotland. An alternative name, rarely used nowadays, is Cairnsmore of Deugh. The usual route of ascent is from the A713 road to the west at the "Green Well of Scotland"...
Lamachan Hill
Lamachan Hill is in centre of the Galloway Hills of southern Scotland, lying 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north of the town of Newton Stewart.
Craignaw
Craignaw is a small but very rocky hill in centre of the Galloway Hills of southern Scotland. Unlike many hills in the Southern Uplands, Craignaw has a complex and rocky summit area, with a long line of crags and rough ground on the east side. The...
White Coomb
White Coomb is a hill in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Its summit is the highest point of a network of ridges that lie north-east of the town of Moffat. The ridges are broad, but are defended by steep valleys. The summit marks the highest point...
