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2024-03-29T09:14:04+00:00text/html2019-07-03T19:11:10+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone54.982504 -3.286604NY1766 : Annan Harbour Sunset
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text/html2019-07-02T18:35:10+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone54.904764 -3.908642NX7758 : Gelston Castle
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Gelston Castle, located near Castle Douglas in Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, was built by Sir William Douglas of Castle Douglas, who had acquired the lands of Gelston in 1799.text/html2019-06-27T10:13:03+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone54.761346 -4.590024NX3343 : Port William
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Tall ship "La Malouine" leaving Port William.text/html2019-06-17T09:47:13+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone55.254533 -3.369170NY1396 : Wamphray Parish Church
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Neat rectangle by William McGowan 1834 with a slender bellcote. A carved medieval slab forms the lintel over the door. Notable 18th-century headstones in the graveyard and a monument to the Rt Rev A H Charteris, Founder of The Woman's Guild and Moderator of the General Assembly in 1892.text/html2019-06-16T16:36:27+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone54.880316 -4.210697NX5856 : Anwoth Kirk
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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.text/html2019-06-14T17:57:09+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone54.939116 -3.969438NX7362 : Threave Castle
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Threave Castle is situated on an island in the River Dee, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) west of Castle Douglas in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in the Dumfries and Galloway region of Scotland.
Built in the 1370s by Archibald the Grim, it was a stronghold of the "Black Douglases", Earls of Douglas and Lords of Galloway, until their fall in 1455.text/html2019-06-11T17:05:03+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone55.079608 -2.948708NY3976 : Canonbie Bridge
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Built by Gideon Boyd of Greystail and Andrew Mein of Westerkirk in 1752.text/html2019-05-28T19:36:27+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone55.043952 -3.322222NY1572 : Hoddom Castle
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Hoddom Castle is a large tower house in Dumfries and Galloway, south Scotland. It is located by the River Annan, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-west of Ecclefechan.text/html2019-05-20T19:46:26+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone55.130536 -3.140320NY2782 : Winterhope Reservoir
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The Kirtle Water is a river in Dumfries and Galloway in southern Scotland. It rises on the southern slopes of Haggy Hill where its headwaters are impounded to form Winterhope Reservoir. Below the dam it flows in a generally southerly direction passing Waterbeck and Eaglesfield to the village of Kirtlebridge.text/html2019-05-18T13:21:24+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone55.168288 -3.437017NY0886 : Corncockle Quarry
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Corncockle Quarry was a large and historically important sandstone quarry near Templand in Lochmaben Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Stone from here was used in the late Victorian era to build tenements in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and also to construct New York 'brownstones'. The sandstone dates from the Permian Age and dinosaur footprints were found there in the 19th century.
The red Sandstone has been used in many high profile contracts throughout its History such as the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh and more recently Buchanan shopping Centre in Glasgow.text/html2019-05-15T08:19:54+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone55.154895 -3.406402NY1085 : Millhousebridge
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Millhousebridge is a quiet hamlet about 4½ miles from Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway.text/html2019-05-08T10:07:36+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone53.554084 -2.376415SD7506 : Nob End
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The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal is a disused canal in Greater Manchester, England, built to link Bolton and Bury with Manchester.text/html2019-05-07T09:56:55+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone55.273430 -3.809010NX8599 : Drumlanrig Castle
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Drumlanrig Castle is situated on the Queensberry Estate in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The category A listed castle is the Dumfriesshire home of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry.text/html2019-05-02T21:49:59+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone55.363395 -3.616524NS9708 : Daer Reservoir
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Daer Reservoir is a man-made water body created by the damming of the Daer Water, a tributary of the River Clyde in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It lies within the Lowther Hills in South Lanarkshire. A minor public road leaving the A702 follows the Daer Water south to the dam and then continues along the western margin of the reservoir as far as Kirkhope. The reservoir was officially opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II in 1956 to supply water to the Scottish Central Belt. Daer Reservoir is a man-made water body created by the damming of the Daer Water, a tributary of the River Clyde in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It lies within the Lowther Hills in South Lanarkshire. A minor public road leaving the A702 follows the Daer Water south to the dam and then continues along the western margin of the reservoir as far as Kirkhope. The reservoir was officially opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II in 1956 to supply water to the Scottish Central Belt.text/html2019-04-30T21:30:44+00:00https://www.geograph.ie/profile/112866James Johnstone55.039840 -4.115864NX6473 : Loch Ken
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Loch Ken is a 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 held back by the Glenlochar Barrage. Part of the Galloway hydro-electric power scheme, the barrage regulates the river's flow..
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Villages around Loch Ken include Glenlochar at the south, Laurieston and Mossdale on the west side of the loch, and Crossmichael and Parton on the east. The village of New Galloway lies one mile to its north. The parish church of Balmaghie is also by the loch.