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...and Landscape Curiosities

Dumfries and Galloway

ANWORTH

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Obelisk

The obelisk was erected in 1842 in memory of Samuel Rutherford, (c.1600-1661), Professor of Divinity and principal of Saint Mary's College from 1647 to 1661. He had been minister of Anworth Church from 1627 to 1638.


ANWORTH

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Mausoleum

CAIRNHEAD

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Striding Arches

A series of huge red sand-stone arches, each weighing 27 tons, stride across the hilltops of Dumfriesshire. Andy Goldsworthy also made memorial arches that are in the United States, Canada and New Zealand. He says, 'The stone is a potent symbol of the Scots who went abroad, of the tremendous upheaval they made, or were forced to make, when they left Scotland... I would hope that collectavley these arches are a celepration and monument to the Scottish people and the travels they have made, and that they will act as a connection between those who left and those who have stayed here.'

CARRICK

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 ​Cones

CARSPHAIN

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   Pyramid

CASTLE DOUGLAS

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Threave Stables

DALSWINTON

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  ​Doocote

DUMFRIES

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​  Burn's Mausoleum 

GATEHOUSE OF FLEET

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  ​Clock Tower

GATEHOUSE OF FLEET                                    NX  605 542

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Cally House Gothic Temple

James Ramsey laid out the gardens of Cally House in the 1780s and may have been the designer of the Gothic Temple there.


IRONGRAY                                                            NX 845 797

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Saint John the Baptist

The bronze sculpture of Saint John the Baptist is by Auguste Rodin, 1878.

​It is placed on the banks of Glenkiln Reservoir. 

Local landowner, Sir William 'Tony' Keswick, assembled a collection of sculptures between 1951 and 1966.

IRONGRAY                                                              NX 845 797

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King and Queen

The sculpture King and Queen is by Henry Moore, 1952-53.
Other sculptures by Henry Moore and Jacob Epstein were erected by the landowner between 1951 and 1966.

ISLE OF WHITHORN

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Tower

KIRKANDREW

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Coo Palace

The Corseyard Tower of a model dairy was built in 1901 for James Brown, a
 Manchester businessman.

KIRKUDBRIGHT

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Soap and Candle Store

KIRKUDBRIGHT

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Tower

KIRKUDBRIGHT

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Gazebo

LANGHOLM                                                           364 844

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Telford doorway

The plaque reads:

THIS DOORWAY WAS
MADE BY
THOMAS TELFORD
CIVIL ENGINEER
WHEN WORKING AS
AN APPRENTICE
MASON AT LANGHOLM


LANGHOLM                                                            379 846

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Malcolm Memorial

MOFFAT                                                                   NT 085 053

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Colvin Fountain

The Colvin Fountain was designed by William Brodie in 1875. There is a cement copy at Branxton.

NEWTON STEWART

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Monument

PENPONT

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Cone

THORNHILL                                                          NX 856 985

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Drumlanrig Heather House

WIGTOWN

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Pavilions

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WIGTOWN                          

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Memorial to the Scottish Covenanters

WIGTOWN

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Martyrs' Memorial

The post marks the place where two women where martyred for their faith.

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