Other sights in Dumfries and GallowayDumfries and Galloway, Scotland

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

Dumfries and Galloway

Deep natural hollow among the hills north of Moffat, once a hiding place for reivers' rustled cattle.

Collection of gems, minerals and fossils housed in Creetown's former school.

Small tidal island off Auchencairn Bay with a lighthouse, reachable on foot at low water.

Georgian tidal fish larder cut into a rocky blowhole, where hand-fed fish still gather at feeding time.

Scotland's southernmost point, a dramatic cliff headland with a Stevenson lighthouse and an RSPB seabird reserve.

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

Open-air and underground mining museum in Scotland's highest village, with a mine tour, cottages and miners' library.

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

Museum near Gretna telling the story of HM Factory Gretna, the huge First World War cordite works.