Lakes & lochs in Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Beside Castle Douglas in Galloway, its bed once yielded a great hoard of Roman and native ironwork.

At Lochmaben in Dumfriesshire, this loch holds a ruined Bruce stronghold and the rare vendace, found in few other waters.

Beside this hydro loch in the Galloway forest, another Bruce's Stone marks a victory on the Queen's Way.

A high, island-studded loch in the granite Merrick range of Galloway, once famed for sand that could sharpen a blade.

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Popular for watersports and birdwatching, this Galloway loch on the River Dee has Kenmure Castle above its western shore.

Said to hold the Murder Hole of S. R. Crockett's novel The Raiders, in the remote Galloway hills.

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Robert the Bruce won an early skirmish in 1307 above this wooded Galloway loch, marked now by Bruce's Stone.

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Granite-bound in the Galloway hills above Glen Trool, it lies on the wild flank of the Merrick range.

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Walter Scott's dashing young hero took his name from this Galloway loch, which holds a ruined island stronghold of the Gordons.

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

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