Loch Trool

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

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Loch Trool is a loch in Dumfries and Galloway. The closest station is Barrhill, 18.5 km to the west. Other lakes & lochs nearby include Loch Valley, Loch Neldricken and Loch Enoch.

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A coast-to-coast crossing of southern Scotland's empty hills, from Portpatrick to the North Sea.

0.1 km SW · Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders & South Lanarkshire

Granite memorial above Loch Trool marking Robert the Bruce's 1307 victory, with a fine loch-and-hills panorama.

0.9 km E · Dumfries and Galloway

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

3.8 km NE · Dumfries and Galloway

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

4.6 km NE · Dumfries and Galloway

A tributary of the Palnure Burn dropping in a series of falls at Talnotry in Galloway Forest Park, reached by a short trail.

10.8 km SE

Granite obelisk of 1835 on a hill above Talnotry, honouring shepherd-turned-professor Alexander Murray.

11.1 km SE