The magnificent "pink palace" of Drumlanrig Castle, north of Thornhill in Dumfries & Galloway. It was built between 1675 and 1697 around an earlier castle intended to control routes from the north and north-east into Nithsdale. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/thornhill/drumlanrigcastle/index.html
Wanlockhead in Dumfries & Galloway, high in the Lowther Hills to the west of the A74(M). It developed from about 1680 to mine lead and other metals and is the highest village in Scotland at 467m or 1,531ft. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wanlockhead/wanlockhead/index.html
The village of Whithorn in Galloway, famous as the cradle of Christianity in Scotland and amongst the country's oldest continuously occupied settlements, dating back centuries before St Ninian founded a monastery here in the 390s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/whithorn/whithorn/index.html
An ideal post for Valentine's Day? Sweetheart Abbey south of Dumfries, whose founding by Lady Devorgilla in 1273 in memory of her husband, John Balliol, is held to be a testament to the enduring power of love. In a rather gruesome twist, she even carried his embalmed heart around with her in an ivory box. More: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/newabbey/sweetheartabbey/index.html
The view over the River Nith and Dumfries projected onto a circular table by the camera obscura at the superb Dumfries Museum. Even to modern eyes used to moving colour images the effect this creates is startling and slightly magical. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumfries/museum/index.html
Part of the Twelve Apostles Stone Circle north of Dumfries, mainland Scotland’s largest stone circle. The eleven stones (there would originally have been eighteen) form a slightly "squashed" circle about 86m in diameter. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumfries/twelveapostles/index.html
A touch of the tropics close to the far south-western tip of Scotland. Logan Botanic Garden lies in the Rhinns of Galloway some 14 miles south of Stranraer and is one of the gardens of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/logan/botanicgarden/index.html
The spectacular Cairnholy I Chambered Cairn near the A75 west of Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfries & Galloway. A second cairn stands only 150m from it. The cairn seems to have stood here for between 4,000 and 6,000 years. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/gatehouseoffleet/cairnholyi/index.html
The impressive Devorgilla Bridge crossing the River Nith in Dumfries, one of the oldest standing bridges in Scotland. It was built in its current form to repair or replace a bridge from the 1430s that was partly destroyed in 1620/1. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumfries/devorgillabridge/index.html
St Ninian's Cave, on the shore near Whithorn in Galloway. The cave is said to have been used as a place of personal retreat and prayer by St Ninian in the 390s, and it has been an objective of pilgrims since not long afterwards. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/whithorn/stninianscave/index.html
#Threave near #CastleDouglas in #DumfriesandGalloway looking like a painting now the uncut meadows are in full bloom. Two years into a one hundred year landscape regeneration project, the transformation in this short time is breathtaking. If you can visit, it’s currently a. bit like a desert in #superbloom
The superb Museum of Lead Mining can be found high in the Lowther Hills in Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland's highest village. It should be on the "must see" list of anyone visiting or passing through southern Scotland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wanlockhead/leadmining/index.html