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Druchtag Mote Hill

Open to visitorsa Historic Environment Scotland site — many are free to wander; staffed ones charge and keep set hours

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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A motte-and-bailey castle once stood here — today it survives as earthworks in Dumfries and Galloway. It is one of two motte-and-bailey castles the Albion Guide charts in the county. It is looked after by Historic Environment Scotland. Nearby castles include Wigtown Castle, Cruggleton Castle and Carsluith Castle.

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Photo of Monreith Beach, a beach near Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.Highlight

Monreith Beach

Beach near Whithorn

Curving Machars beach below Barsalloch Fort, near the bronze otter statue to writer Gavin Maxwell.

6.4 km S

Photo of Mochrum Loch, a loch in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.

Mochrum Loch

Loch

Cormorants nest inland here in numbers rare for Britain, at this moorland loch in the Machars of Galloway.

7.9 km NW · Dumfries and Galloway

Photo of Bladnoch Distillery, a distillery in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.

Bladnoch Distillery

Distillery near Bladnoch

One of Scotland's most southerly distilleries, a 200-year-old works on the Bladnoch offering interactive tours.

10.4 km NE

Photo of Whithorn Priory, a ruined priory in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.Highlight

Whithorn Priory

Priory near Whithorn

Cradle of Scottish Christianity.

11.4 km SE

Photo of Wigtown, a village in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.Highlight

Wigtown

Village

Scotland's National Book Town, a small Machars burgh lined with second-hand bookshops above Wigtown Bay.

12.3 km NE · Dumfries and Galloway

Photo of St Ninian's Cave, a cave near Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland.Highlight

St Ninian's Cave

Cave near Whithorn

Sea cave on a pebble shore near Whithorn, a pilgrimage site linked to Scotland's earliest saint.

13 km SE